2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elgin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people in Elgin live alone, a figure well above the Western Australian and national averages. This reflects a diverse mix of living arrangements in the area, where one-person households are common alongside larger family homes.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Elgin — higher than 57% of areas.
| Elgin | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6237, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Elgin holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, 28.8% of households are just one person, a rate higher than most other areas.
28.8% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elgin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 43.4%, while one-parent families account for 13.2%. This last figure is higher than in most areas, though it remains about the same as the Western Australian average.
13.2% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Elgin splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50480/elgin/topic/family-households