2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nilgen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nilgen
How families and households are made up across the area.
A smaller typical household size of 2.3 people marks Nilgen as a place where homes are less crowded than the national average. While most homes house two people, there is a notable number of residents living on their own.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Nilgen — lower than 71% of areas.
| Nilgen | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6044, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Half of all homes in Nilgen house two people, while 27% are single-person households, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, slightly lower than the Western Australian average of 2.5.
27.0% ▲ +137.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nilgen, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 44.8%, followed by couples with children at 39.9%. One-parent families account for 8.2% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
8.2% ▲ +56.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nilgen, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Nilgen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51114/nilgen/topic/family-households