2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kalgan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kalgan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Kalgan than in most similar areas, with only 20.4% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where homes are slightly larger than the national figure, typically housing 2.6 people.
2.6
▲ +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 Kalgan — higher than 57% of areas.
| Kalgan | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common here at 38.6%. The proportion of people living alone is well below the national figure of 25.6%, sitting at just 20.4%.
20.4% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kalgan, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 9.1% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.1% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kalgan, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Kalgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50711/kalgan/topic/family-households