2.6 —
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Remainder of State/Territory
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Remainder of State/Territory (WA) consist of couples with children. This area has a strong focus on family living, with a much lower percentage of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
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- 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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 71% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6646, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Far fewer people live alone here than in most other areas, at only 20.4%, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.4% —
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.3% of families in the area. Single-parent families are much less common here than in most other places, accounting for just 8.5% compared to 14.1% nationally.
8.5% —
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL531001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households