2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wheat Belt - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Wheat Belt - South
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people live alone in Wheat Belt - South, making it much more common to live solo here than in most other areas. This trend has grown since 2011, and the typical home now holds just 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Wheat Belt - South — lower than 86% of areas.
| Wheat Belt - South | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of households consist of one person, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most, with 38.8% of homes holding two people and only 11.1% holding three.
30.7% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wheat Belt - South, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up half of all families here, while couples without children account for 36.7%. Only 11.6% of families are one-parent households, which is much lower than in most other areas.
11.6% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wheat Belt - South, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Wheat Belt - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50903/wheat-belt-south/topic/family-households