2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gnowangerup · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gnowangerup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Gnowangerup (L) compared to the rest of the state. This area is largely made up of families with children, who account for 62.3% of all family homes. While most households are small, the typical home here is slightly larger than the national figure.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Gnowangerup — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gnowangerup | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6335, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas and has edged up since 2011. About 27.9% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 4.2 percentage points over the last decade.
27.9% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gnowangerup, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.6% of the local total, which is well below both the state and national figures. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the proportion was 11.3%.
6.6% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gnowangerup, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521023/gnowangerup/topic/family-households