2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kulin · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kulin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Kulin (L) are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than most other areas. While many homes house couples, there has been a notable drop in one-parent families over the last decade.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Kulin — lower than 64% of areas.
| Kulin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6365, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures. This small size is linked to the 34.5% of residents who live alone, a proportion that is well above the state and national averages.
34.5% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kulin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.1% of families, while those without children account for 38.3%. One-parent families make up 9.6% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
9.6% ▼ -45.8%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kulin, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Kulin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522037/kulin/topic/family-households