2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Collie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Collie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Collie since 2011, contributing to a shift in how the town's households are structured. This trend has pushed the typical number of people per home down to 2.3, which is a little below the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Collie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Collie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6225, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.3% of people in single-person homes. This is well above the 25.6% national figure and reflects a rise of 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
31.3% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Collie splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the town, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. This proportion has grown by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
16.5% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Collie, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021009/collie/topic/family-households