2.9 ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roebourne · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Roebourne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and a rise in single-parent families have shifted the home life in Roebourne since 2011. The typical home now holds 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas. This shift is seen in the steep 16 point increase in one-parent families over the last decade.
2.9
▲ +20.8%
- 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 Roebourne — higher than 86% of areas.
| Roebourne | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6718, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone have dropped sharply to 20.8%, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are more crowded, with 33.2% of households holding two people and 15.8% holding four.
20.8% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Roebourne, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36.3% of the total, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. This group now represents the most common family type in the area, ahead of couples with children at 34.1%.
36.3% ▲ +77.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Roebourne splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (37%) and Couples with children (35%), with Couples without children at 23%.
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 Roebourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521046/roebourne/topic/family-households