2.3 —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warren-Blackwood (South West) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Warren-Blackwood (South West)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people in Warren-Blackwood live alone, which is well above the Western Australian figure. This shift towards smaller living arrangements has left the area with fewer people per home than most other parts of the country.
2.3
—
- 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 Warren-Blackwood (South West) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Warren-Blackwood (South West) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with 2.3 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a rise in people living alone, which now makes up 28.4% of all households.
28.4% —
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Warren-Blackwood (South West), the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families are couples with children, while 36.6% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 11.9% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
11.9% —
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warren-Blackwood (South West), Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Warren-Blackwood (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55706/warren-blackwood/topic/family-households