2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gingin - Dandaragan · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Gingin - Dandaragan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Gingin - Dandaragan compared to most areas, with only 9.9% of families fitting this description. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While couples make up the bulk of the area's families, there has been a recent rise in people living on their own.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Gingin - Dandaragan — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gingin - Dandaragan | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6507, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly smaller than the state and national average, with 2.3 people per home. This is a downward trend from 2011, which is consistent with the rise in people living alone to 27.5%.
27.5% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gingin - Dandaragan, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.6%, followed closely by couples without children at 43.7%. As noted, the proportion of one-parent families is much lower than in most other similar areas.
9.9% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gingin - Dandaragan splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Gingin - Dandaragan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509021239/gingin-dandaragan/topic/family-households