2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Williams · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Williams
How families and households are made up across the area.
A slight rise in the number of people living in each home has seen Williams shift since 2011. The area remains centered on family life, with 55.4% of families being couples with children and far fewer single-parent households than the national average.
2.4
▲ +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 Williams — lower than 57% of areas.
| Williams | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Williams holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. While 40.3% of households consist of two people, the share of people living alone has risen to 26.0% since 2011.
26.0% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Williams, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is a downward trend from 2011, and it sits alongside a high proportion of couples with children, who make up 55.4% of families.
7.5% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Williams, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Williams [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59170/williams/topic/family-households