2.9 ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Gascoyne · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Upper Gascoyne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-parent families in Upper Gascoyne have dropped by 22 percentage points since 2011. The area now has a mix of large households and a high number of people living alone. While the typical home holds 2.9 people, about a third of all households consist of just one person.
2.9
▼ -9.4%
- 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 Upper Gascoyne — higher than 89% of areas.
| Upper Gascoyne | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Upper Gascoyne holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure. This is down from 3.2 people per home in 2011, yet 33.3% of residents live alone—a figure well above both the state and national averages.
33.3% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Gascoyne, the largest group is 1 person at 33%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 59.2% of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 20.8%. This last group is much more common here than in most other areas, though it is well below the 43.1% recorded in 2011.
20.8% ▼ -51.7%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Gascoyne, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Upper Gascoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58470/upper-gascoyne/topic/family-households