2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waroona · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Waroona
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families live in Waroona compared to the state and national figures. The area has a mix of household types, with 53.1% of families being couples with children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Waroona — lower than 57% of areas.
| Waroona | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure. The number of people living alone has risen to 28.0% since 2011, and two-person households are the most common at 39.6%.
28.0% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waroona, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. This proportion has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waroona, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Waroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58820/waroona/topic/family-households