2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wagin · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Wagin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Wagin are couples with children, making them the most common family type. However, the area has a high proportion of people living alone, which contributes to a typical household size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Wagin — lower than 86% of areas.
| Wagin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of people in Wagin live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has just 2.2 people, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures.
35.4% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wagin, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45% of families, while couples without children account for 40.3%. One-parent families represent 14.3% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.3% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Wagin splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Wagin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58610/wagin/topic/family-households