2.2 —
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Narrogin · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Narrogin
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three homes in Narrogin is occupied by a person living alone, marking a significant shift in how people live here. This high rate of single-person households means the town has a much smaller typical household size than the rest of the state.
2.2
—
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Narrogin — lower than 86% of areas.
| Narrogin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Narrogin holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by the 34.6% of people living alone, a figure that is well above the Australian average and has risen since 2016.
34.6% —
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Narrogin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, which is well above the state and national figures. Other family types include couples with children at 48.7% and couples without children at 32.5%.
17.4% —
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Narrogin, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Narrogin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56460/narrogin/topic/family-households