2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Narrogin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Narrogin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements are now common in Narrogin, where 36.1% of all households are just one person. This is far above the national figure and marks a shift toward smaller homes as the typical number of people per household has fallen since 2011.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Narrogin — lower than 86% of areas.
| Narrogin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6312, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households are among the highest for this level at 36.1%, a figure that rose 7.8 points since 2011. Consequently, the usual home in Narrogin holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5.
36.1% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Narrogin splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 18.4% of families here, which is well above the national average of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 32% are couples without children.
18.4% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Narrogin, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Narrogin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509031249/narrogin/topic/family-households