2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kalgoorlie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kalgoorlie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of people in Kalgoorlie live alone, a figure far above the national average. This makes it a place with smaller households than most, where single-person homes are the most common arrangement.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Kalgoorlie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Kalgoorlie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6430, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Kalgoorlie hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5. This is driven by the 35.7% of residents living alone, a proportion far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
35.7% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kalgoorlie, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.7% of local families, while 28.2% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.2% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national rates.
13.2% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kalgoorlie, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Kalgoorlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50712/kalgoorlie/topic/family-households