2.4 ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 4.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tjuntjuntjara · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tjuntjuntjara
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Tjuntjuntjara than in the rest of the country, where only 6.4% of households are single-person homes. This highlights a strong trend toward shared living, as the typical home in Tjuntjuntjara houses 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -27.3%
- 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 Tjuntjuntjara — higher than 57% of areas.
| Tjuntjuntjara | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6431, WA | 3.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people living alone has dropped sharply since 2011, falling by 22 percentage points. While the typical home has 2.4 people—about the same as the national figure—this is lower than the 3.3 people per home seen in 2011.
Household size
View on map →In Tjuntjuntjara, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 4 people (27%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 56.3%, followed by couples with children at 25%. One-parent families account for 12.5%, a figure that has fallen 33 percentage points since 2011 and is now a little below the national average.
12.5% ▼ -72.4%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tjuntjuntjara, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
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 Tjuntjuntjara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522060/tjuntjuntjara/topic/family-households