2.1 ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pemberton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Pemberton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person homes than most similar areas define Pemberton (L). The typical home here is smaller than average, with only 2.1 people per household. This reflects a shift toward smaller living arrangements across the town.
2.1
▼ -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 Pemberton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Pemberton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6260, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 36% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This is a significant jump from 2011, when only 14.1% of households were single-person homes.
36.0% ▲ +154.3%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pemberton splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the town, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has risen by 4.9 points since 2011.
18.2% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pemberton, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Pemberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521042/pemberton/topic/family-households