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Collie-Preston (South West) · State Electorate

Family & Households in Collie-Preston (South West)

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Collie-Preston (South West) consist of couples with children. This makes it a family-focused area where a typical home holds 2.5 people, matching the state and national figures.

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📍 Collie-Preston (South West), State Electorate

Where Collie-Preston (South West) sits — Average household size

2.5 —

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Collie-Preston (South West) — lower than 57% of areas.

Collie-Preston (South West)2.5
Rest of WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 37.8% of all households. Those living alone account for 23.5%, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.

Household size

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In Collie-Preston (South West), the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (15%).

2 people 37.8% 1 person 23.5% 4 people 14.9% 3 people 14.5% 5 people 6.4% 6 or more 2.8%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 55.0% of families in the area, while couples without children account for 31.2%. One-parent families make up 13.1%, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average.

Family composition

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In Collie-Preston (South West), Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

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 Collie-Preston (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51706/collie-preston/topic/family-households