2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Western Australia - Wheat Belt · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Western Australia - Wheat Belt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of people living alone than most similar areas define the Western Australia - Wheat Belt. While half of all families here include children, the overall household size is small, with a typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Western Australia - Wheat Belt — lower than 86% of areas.
| Western Australia - Wheat Belt | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.3 people, which is a little below the figure for both the state and the nation.
29.4% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Western Australia - Wheat Belt, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.7% of families, while couples without children account for 35.5%. One-parent families represent 12.9% of the total, a figure that is much lower than in most similar areas.
12.9% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Western Australia - Wheat Belt, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Western Australia - Wheat Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/509/western-australia-wheat-belt/topic/family-households