1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Augusta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Augusta
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Augusta are couples without children. This is a small-household area where the typical home holds just two people, far fewer than the national figure of 2.5.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Augusta — lower than 89% of areas.
| Augusta | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6290, WA | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 38% of people in their own home. This helps explain why the average household size of 1.9 is well below the Western Australian figure of 2.5.
38.0% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Augusta, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 55.8%, while 34.5% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 9.3%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.3% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Augusta, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50038/augusta/topic/family-households