2.3 ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wiluna · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wiluna
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone or in one-parent families in Wiluna than in most similar areas. This is a place where single-person households are very common, and there has been a sharp rise in the number of one-parent families over the last decade.
2.3
▲ +21.1%
- 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 Wiluna — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wiluna | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6646, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes in Wiluna are occupied by a person living alone, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, this number has risen since 2011.
45.5% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wiluna, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 6 or more (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 39.8% of the community, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This represents a significant increase from 2011, when only 5.8% of families were headed by one parent.
39.8% ▲ +590.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wiluna, the largest group is One-parent families at 40%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and Couples with children (29%).
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 Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522067/wiluna/topic/family-households