2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Argyle · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Argyle
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living and one-parent families set Lake Argyle apart from similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.6 people—about the same as the national figure—the community is split between very small and larger households.
2.6
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- 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 Lake Argyle — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lake Argyle | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6743, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 41.5% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. These single-person homes are common, though 13.2% of households are still quite large with six or more people.
41.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Argyle, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.3% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% national average. This group is the most common family type here, slightly edging out couples with children at 34.5%.
35.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Lake Argyle splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (36%) and Couples with children (35%), with Couples without children at 25%.
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 Lake Argyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50809/lake-argyle/topic/family-households