1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Williamstown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Williamstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of households in Williamstown are headed by couples without children. This reflects a trend toward smaller living arrangements, with the area having far more people living alone than the state or national figures.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Williamstown — lower than 89% of areas.
| Williamstown | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6430, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Williamstown is small, with only 1.9 people per residence, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person homes, which make up 38.6% of the total.
38.6% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Williamstown splits fairly evenly between 2 people (48%) and 1 person (46%), with 3 people at 6%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.8% of the local total, a figure that is far above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 39.7%.
23.8% ▲ +76.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Williamstown splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (35%) and Couples with children (33%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51615/williamstown/topic/family-households