2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Albany (South West) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Albany (South West)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Albany (South West) than in most similar areas, with 29.3% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a modest typical home size of 2.4 people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Albany (South West) — lower than 71% of areas.
| Albany (South West) | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 30% of homes are occupied by one person, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 37.3%, and the usual home size has remained steady at 2.4 people over the last decade.
29.3% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Albany (South West), the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families here are couples with children, while 33.4% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.6% of the total, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and has risen slightly since 2011.
14.6% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Albany (South West), Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Albany (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50106/albany/topic/family-households