2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Hay have remained steady since 2011, though the area is now far less likely to have people living alone than most other places. Half of all homes house two people, reflecting a stable residential profile where most households are small family units.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Hay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Hay | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6333, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 16.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Most homes have two people (50%) or four people (17.4%), with the typical home holding 2.4 people.
16.3% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hay, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.4% of families here, while couples without children account for 41.3%. Only 7.1% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.1% ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hay, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50618/hay/topic/family-households