2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kambalda East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kambalda East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of solo living than most similar areas define Kambalda East, where 36.1% of people live alone. This trend makes the community stand out compared to both the state and national figures, resulting in smaller typical household sizes overall.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Kambalda East — lower than 76% of areas.
| Kambalda East | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6442, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Kambalda East holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that over a third of households are single-person homes, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
36.1% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kambalda East splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (36%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.4% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kambalda East, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Kambalda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50717/kambalda-east/topic/family-households