2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Busselton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Busselton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in West Busselton are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This is a place where many people live alone, which helps explain why the typical home holds fewer people than the state or national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 West Busselton — lower than 71% of areas.
| West Busselton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6280, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. Because so many people live alone, the typical home in West Busselton holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
32.8% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Busselton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.9% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and a little above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
15.9% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Busselton, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 West Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51569/west-busselton/topic/family-households