2.9 ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roebourne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Roebourne
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in Roebourne than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.9 people. This reflects a community where few people live alone and a very high proportion of families are headed by a single parent.
2.9
▼ -19.4%
- 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 Roebourne — higher than 81% of areas.
| Roebourne | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6718, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.7% of people here live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical household is larger than most, with 2.9 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia.
20.7% ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Roebourne, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is very common here, with one-parent families making up 34.6% of the total. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and is among the highest proportions for any similar area.
34.6% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Roebourne splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (35%), with Couples without children at 24%.
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 Roebourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51305/roebourne/topic/family-households