2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Denison - Dongara · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Port Denison - Dongara
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Port Denison - Dongara consist of just one person. This is a significant jump from 2011 and means the area has far more people living alone than the state or national figures.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Port Denison - Dongara — lower than 71% of areas.
| Port Denison - Dongara | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6525, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 33.7% of households being single person, which is well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This trend helps explain why homes are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
33.7% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Denison - Dongara, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the bulk of families, with 43.9% having children and 41.5% without. One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and down 2.2 points since 2011.
14.6% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Port Denison - Dongara splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Port Denison - Dongara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515031/port-denison-dongara/topic/family-households