2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Albany · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Albany
How families and households are made up across the area.
Thirty-seven per cent of people in Albany live alone, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households and small home sizes. Most homes here house only one or two people.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Albany — lower than 86% of areas.
| Albany | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Albany has just 2 people, which is well below the state and national figures of 2.5. This low number is driven by the 37.3% of residents who live alone, a rate much higher than most other areas.
37.3% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Albany splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families here at 49%. One-parent families account for 10.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.9% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Albany, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50006/albany/topic/family-households