2.4 —
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gascoyne · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Gascoyne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people live alone in Gascoyne, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes shapes the region's housing landscape, though the typical household size remains around 2.4 people.
2.4
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- 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 Gascoyne — lower than 71% of areas.
| Gascoyne | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are much more common here than in most other areas. While two-person homes are the most frequent at 35%, the number of people living alone has remained steady since 2016.
31.1% —
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gascoyne splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 51.3%. One-parent families account for 14% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian and national averages.
14.0% —
Higher than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gascoyne, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Gascoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51102/gascoyne/topic/family-households