2.6 ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gingin · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gingin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Gingin than in most other similar areas, with more residents sharing their homes. The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is a notable increase from the 2.0 people per home recorded in 2011.
2.6
▲ +30.0%
- 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 Gingin — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gingin | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6503, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 20.7% of people here live alone, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen by 14 points since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 37% of all homes.
20.7% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gingin, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the dominant group at 58.9%. One-parent families make up 11.2% of the total, which is a little below the figure for Western Australia and Australia.
11.2% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gingin, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Gingin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521021/gingin/topic/family-households