2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pingelly · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Pingelly
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Pingelly now live alone, which is a much higher proportion than in most other similar areas. This shift has contributed to smaller homes overall, with the typical household now holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Pingelly — lower than 86% of areas.
| Pingelly | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 35% of households being single-person homes—a figure that rose nearly 10 percentage points since 2011. Consequently, the number of people per home is a little below the state and national figures of 2.5.
35.0% ▲ +39.5%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pingelly splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the local total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, split almost evenly between those with children (43.5%) and those without (39.9%).
15.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Pingelly splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Pingelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57140/pingelly/topic/family-households