2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wongan Hills · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wongan Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people live alone in Wongan Hills, which is far above the national figure. This makes it a place where small households are common, with a typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wongan Hills — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wongan Hills | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6603, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are much more common here than in most areas, making up 39.1% of all households. This figure has risen by 5.3 points since 2011, which helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the state average.
39.1% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wongan Hills, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.4% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, while couples with children account for 42.5% of families.
20.4% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wongan Hills, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Wongan Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521050/wongan-hills/topic/family-households