2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wongan Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wongan Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Wongan Hills live on their own, creating a community where small households are the norm. This is a striking contrast to the rest of the state, where typical homes are larger and more often house multiple people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Wongan Hills — lower than 76% of areas.
| Wongan Hills | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6603, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 37.1% of the area, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Wongan Hills holds 2.2 people, a little below the state and national average of 2.5.
37.1% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wongan Hills splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the population, which is well above both the Western Australian and national figures. Other common setups include couples with children, who account for 44.6% of families.
17.7% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wongan Hills, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Wongan Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51632/wongan-hills/topic/family-households