2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kalgoorlie - Boulder · Urban Area
Family & Households in Kalgoorlie - Boulder
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 61% of families in Kalgoorlie - Boulder consist of couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area has a higher number of people per home than most similar places, though the typical household size has edged down slightly over the last decade.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Kalgoorlie - Boulder — higher than 86% of areas.
| Kalgoorlie - Boulder | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6430, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is much higher than in most areas. While 27.2% of people live alone—a figure that rose 5.0 points since 2011—it remains lower than in most other similar places.
27.2% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kalgoorlie - Boulder splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has risen slightly by 0.9 points since 2011 and is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.4% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kalgoorlie - Boulder, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Kalgoorlie - Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5007/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/family-households