2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Great Western · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Great Western
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Great Western than in most similar areas, with 34.1% of households consisting of just one person. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Great Western — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Great Western are smaller than usual, with only 2.2 people per dwelling. This is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5.
34.1% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Great Western splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.8% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Great Western, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Great Western [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21098/great-western/topic/family-households