2.2 —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meekatharra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Meekatharra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of households in Meekatharra consist of a single person, a figure far above the national average. This high number of solo residents means the typical home is smaller than in most other areas. It is a place where one-parent families are also significantly more common than across Western Australia.
2.2
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- 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 Meekatharra — lower than 86% of areas.
| Meekatharra | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6642, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 39.6% of households consisting of one person. This has risen since 2016 and helps explain why the typical home has only 2.2 people, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.5.
39.6% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meekatharra, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.6% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a rise of 2.2 percentage points since 2016, while couples with children account for 35.3% of families.
27.6% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Meekatharra splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (35%) and Couples without children (34%), with One-parent families at 27%.
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 Meekatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511041290/meekatharra/topic/family-households