2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leonora · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Leonora
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in people living alone and one-parent families has changed the face of Leonora since 2011. These two groups now make up a much larger part of the town's homes than they did a decade ago. This shift is seen in the fact that 38.2% of households are now just one person.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Leonora — lower than 57% of areas.
| Leonora | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6438, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are far more common here than in the rest of Australia, making up 38.2% of all households. Because so many people live alone, the typical home in Leonora holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
38.2% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leonora, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.6% of the local total, a figure that is far above the state and national averages. This is a significant increase from 2011, when these families represented only 14.6% of the community.
25.6% ▲ +75.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leonora, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (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 Leonora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521031/leonora/topic/family-households