2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paraburdoo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paraburdoo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Paraburdoo, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. While the typical home has 2.5 people, the area has a high number of single-person households. This creates a distinct mix of family life and solo living within the town.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Paraburdoo — higher than 50% of areas.
| Paraburdoo | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6754, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.9% of households are people living alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. The most common home size is two people (30.4%), and overall, the number of people per home is about the same as the state and national figure of 2.5.
29.9% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Paraburdoo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.2% ▲ +56.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paraburdoo, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Paraburdoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51201/paraburdoo/topic/family-households