2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Collie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Collie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 32% of people in Collie live alone, which is much higher than in most other areas. This means the community relies less on large family homes and has a higher proportion of single-person households than the state or national average.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Collie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Collie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6225, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Collie typically hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This smaller household size is reflected in the fact that about 32.5% of residents live by themselves.
32.5% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Collie splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, a figure well above both the Western Australian and Australian averages. Roughly half of all families here are couples with children.
17.5% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Collie, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50310/collie/topic/family-households