3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walgoolan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walgoolan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Walgoolan holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5. This sparsely populated area has much larger households than most other regions. Family life is central here, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
—
- 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 Walgoolan — higher than 86% of areas.
| Walgoolan | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6422, WA | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.0% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are larger, with 42.9% of households containing two people and 23.8% holding four.
19.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walgoolan, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.4% of the area, which is well above the state figure of 13.5%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.9%.
20.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walgoolan, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Walgoolan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51504/walgoolan/topic/family-households