3.2 —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ruabon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ruabon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Not a single person lives alone in Ruabon, making it a place where every home is shared. This creates a strong trend of larger households, with an average of 3.2 people per home, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.2
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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 Ruabon — higher than 89% of areas.
| Ruabon | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 6280, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ruabon is much larger than most, with 44% of households containing two people and 16% holding five. This helps explain why the area has far fewer single-person homes than the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ruabon, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 5 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.6% of the local families, while one-parent families are much less common here at 4.1%. This is far below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
4.1% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ruabon, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Ruabon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51315/ruabon/topic/family-households