2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leeman · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Leeman
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Leeman than in most similar areas. This is a small community where 34.1% of households are one-person homes, a figure that has climbed since 2011. Smaller living arrangements are common here, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Leeman — lower than 71% of areas.
| Leeman | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6514, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Leeman are smaller than the state and national figure of 2.5 people. About 34.1% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national average and reflects a rising trend since 2011.
34.1% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leeman, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 3.4% of the local mix, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%. This is among the lowest levels seen in similar areas and has fallen 19 points since 2011.
3.4% ▼ -84.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Leeman splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (48%), with One-parent families at 4%.
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 Leeman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522041/leeman/topic/family-households