Halls Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Halls Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a single home in Halls Creek than in most other areas, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling. This creates a unique living pattern where high numbers of one-parent families coexist with a large proportion of people living alone.

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📍 Halls Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Halls Creek sits — Average household size

2.9 ▼ -12.1%
  • 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 Halls Creek — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Halls Creek2.9
6770, WA 3.2
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

One third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. However, larger homes are also common, with 14.4% of households containing six or more people.

2.9 ▼ -12.1%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.3% ▲ +49.2%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.3%
  • 2016: 28.3%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Halls Creek, the largest group is 1 person at 33%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 44.6% of the total, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the next largest group at 37.2%.

44.6% ▲ +14.8%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 38.8%
  • 2016: 41.2%
  • 2021: 44.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Halls Creek, the largest group is One-parent families at 44%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and Couples without children (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 Halls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50602/halls-creek/topic/family-households