2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wongan-Ballidu · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Wongan-Ballidu
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Wongan-Ballidu than in most similar areas. This trend has grown over the last decade, while the typical number of people per home has edged down to 2.3. The area is now defined by a high number of single-person households and a strong presence of couples with children.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Wongan-Ballidu — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wongan-Ballidu | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This is the most common household type after two-person homes, and the proportion of solo dwellers rose 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
34.4% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wongan-Ballidu splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (34%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families here are couples with children, making up 49.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.5% of households, a figure that is higher than most areas and rose slightly since 2011.
14.5% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wongan-Ballidu, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Wongan-Ballidu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59310/wongan-ballidu/topic/family-households