2.5 —
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Goldfields · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Goldfields
How families and households are made up across the area.
Higher numbers of lone renters and single parents than most similar areas define Goldfields. While typical home sizes match the national figure of 2.5 people, there is a growing trend of people living by themselves. This shift is seen in the increasing number of one-person households across the region.
2.5
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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 Goldfields — higher than 57% of areas.
| Goldfields | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 28.4% of people in Goldfields live alone, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average and has risen since 2016. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 31.2% of all households.
28.4% —
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Goldfields splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 14.9% of the area, which is a little above the state average and has climbed slightly over the last five years. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 59.1% of the total.
14.9% —
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goldfields, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51103/goldfields/topic/family-households