2.1 ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolgardie · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Coolgardie
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rise in single-person living is the main story for Coolgardie (L), where 35.5% of households now consist of one person. This is well above the national figure and marks a significant shift in how people live in the area over the last decade.
2.1
▼ -36.4%
- 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 Coolgardie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Coolgardie | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6429, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is smaller than most, with just 2.1 people per dwelling. This has fallen from 3.3 people in 2011, as the number of people living alone climbed 28 points to 35.5%.
35.5% ▲ +388.2%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Coolgardie splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the total, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. This group has grown by 14 points since 2011.
19.6% ▲ +283.0%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coolgardie splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Coolgardie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521014/coolgardie/topic/family-households