2.4 ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Esperance · Urban Area
Family & Households in Esperance
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of families in Esperance are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area has seen a shift toward smaller living arrangements, with the typical number of people per home falling from 3.0 in 2011 to 2.4 today.
2.4
▼ -20.0%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Esperance — lower than 57% of areas.
| Esperance | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6450, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of residents now live alone, which is well above the national figure and represents a 17 point jump since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 36.8% of all households.
29.8% ▲ +136.4%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Esperance, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.8% of families, while couples without children account for 31.7%. One-parent families represent 14.3% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most areas and about the same as the state average.
14.3% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Esperance, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Esperance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5005/esperance/topic/family-households