2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paraburdoo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Paraburdoo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A falling rate of single-parent homes is the biggest shift in Paraburdoo since 2011. The area now has a strong focus on family units, with 62.9% of families consisting of couples with children. While the typical home size is now 2.5 people, more residents are living alone compared to a decade ago.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Paraburdoo — higher than 64% of areas.
| Paraburdoo | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6754, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.3% of people in Paraburdoo live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Since 2011, the number of people per home has moved up from 2.3 to 2.5, matching the state and national averages.
29.3% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Paraburdoo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most areas and fell 8.2 points since 2011. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.3% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paraburdoo, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Paraburdoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515029/paraburdoo/topic/family-households