2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Singleton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Singleton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Singleton, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is a family-heavy community with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Singleton — higher than 81% of areas.
| Singleton | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6175, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home is a little larger than the national figure, with 2.9 people per dwelling. Only 15.6% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.6% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Singleton, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.6%. Single-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, which is a little above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
15.0% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Singleton, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51354/singleton/topic/family-households