2.7 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Durack · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Durack
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge number of people living alone defines daily life in Durack, where 44.1% of households are single-person homes. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, creating a unique contrast in a region where homes are otherwise often crowded.
2.7
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Durack — higher than 71% of areas.
| Durack | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6743, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 44.1% of residents live alone, a rate among the highest for similar areas. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.7 people, which is slightly more than the 2.5 people usually found in Western Australian and Australian homes.
44.1% ▲ +45.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Durack, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is very common here, with one-parent families making up 38.2% of the total. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, though couples with children are still the most common family type at 42.1%.
38.2% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Durack splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (37%), with Couples without children at 23%.
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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50442/durack/topic/family-households