3.5 ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ngaanyatjarraku · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Ngaanyatjarraku
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of one-parent families live in Ngaanyatjarraku compared to the rest of the state. This is an area of large households, where the typical home holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.5
▲ +2.9%
- 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 Ngaanyatjarraku — higher than 97% of areas.
| Ngaanyatjarraku | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are some of the largest in the region, and the number of people per home has edged up since 2011 to 3.5. Conversely, those living alone are much less common than in most areas, making up 24.4% of households.
24.4% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ngaanyatjarraku splits fairly evenly between 1 person (24%) and 6 or more (20%), with 2 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 33.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1% and has risen since 2011. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, at 46.5%.
33.3% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ngaanyatjarraku, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (33%) and Couples without children (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 Ngaanyatjarraku [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56620/ngaanyatjarraku/topic/family-households