2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Augusta · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people in East Augusta live alone, which is a much higher rate than most similar areas. This contributes to the place having fewer people per home than the national figure, with a typical household size of 2.1 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is East Augusta — lower than 81% of areas.
| East Augusta | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6290, WA | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 31.8% of households consisting of one person. This is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia, and it helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
East Augusta splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 3 people (35%), with 1 person at 30%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families in East Augusta are couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the Western Australian average of 13.5%.
13.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In East Augusta, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in East Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50448/east-augusta/topic/family-households