2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Albany · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Albany
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Port Albany than in most other areas, which has shaped the local housing landscape over the last decade. Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, a figure that is a little below the Western Australian and national averages.
2.1
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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 Port Albany — lower than 81% of areas.
| Port Albany | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.4% of residents live by themselves, which is far above the state and national figures of around 25%. This helps explain why homes here are smaller than usual, with 38.2% of households consisting of just two people.
36.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Albany splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 43.8%, while 41.6% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 13.5%, a rate that is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.5% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Port Albany splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Port Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51257/port-albany/topic/family-households