2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westonia · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Westonia
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 33.7% of people live alone in Westonia, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a much smaller typical household size than most other places. Small households are the norm here, with very few large families.
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 Westonia — lower than 86% of areas.
| Westonia | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Westonia are smaller than usual, with just 2.2 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This trend has edged down since 2011, while the number of people living alone rose to 33.7%.
33.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Westonia, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of the families here are couples without children (48.6%). Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 9.2% of the total, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
9.2% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westonia, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (43%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Westonia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59030/westonia/topic/family-households