1.8 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norseman · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Norseman
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Norseman are occupied by people living alone, a figure far higher than the national average. This has created a landscape where small households are the norm, with a typical home holding only 1.8 people.
1.8
▼ -14.3%
- 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 Norseman — lower than 91% of areas.
| Norseman | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6443, WA | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 50% of households, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Because so many residents live by themselves, Norseman has among the lowest numbers of people per home in the region.
50.0% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Norseman, 1 person is the majority at 50%; 2 people is next at 30%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families represent 25.2% of the total, a proportion far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 36.6%, followed by couples with children at 33.8%.
25.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Norseman splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (37%) and Couples with children (34%), with One-parent families 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 Norseman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51127/norseman/topic/family-households