2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wyndham-East Kimberley · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Wyndham-East Kimberley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements are a common part of daily life in Wyndham-East Kimberley, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This is much higher than most similar areas. While many households contain couples with children, there is also a very high proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wyndham-East Kimberley — higher than 86% of areas.
| Wyndham-East Kimberley | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often more crowded than in other regions, with 2.7 people per dwelling. About 25.8% of the population live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits about the same as the national level.
25.8% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wyndham-East Kimberley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 23.8% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 50.4%.
23.8% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wyndham-East Kimberley, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Wyndham-East Kimberley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59340/wyndham-east-kimberley/topic/family-households