2.5 —
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate
Family & Households in North West Central (Mining and Pastoral)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) than in most similar areas. While the typical household size of 2.5 people matches both the state and national figures, there is a notable trend toward single-person homes. This creates a distinct living pattern where about 30% of residents live by themselves.
2.5
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- 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 North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) — lower than 57% of areas.
| North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 33.7% of all homes.
30.0% —
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and rose slightly since 2016. Over half of all families are couples with children.
14.8% —
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North West Central (Mining and Pastoral), Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54203/north-west-central/topic/family-households