2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Hedland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Hedland
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift in home life has seen Port Hedland change since 2011, with a growing number of people now living alone. While most homes still house families, nearly 28% of households are single-person dwellings. This reflects a diverse mix of living arrangements in the port town.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Hedland — higher than 50% of areas.
| Port Hedland | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6721, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Port Hedland houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, 27.8% of people live alone, which is a little above the national rate of 25.6%.
27.8% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Hedland splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families at 68.1%. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 6.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
6.3% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Hedland, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next 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 Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51259/port-hedland/topic/family-households