2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canning · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Canning
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Canning since 2011, with that figure rising by 7.1 percentage points. The area now has 2.5 people per home, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. Most households are headed by couples, though one-parent families are becoming more common.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Canning — lower than 57% of areas.
| Canning | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Canning holds 2.5 people, a drop from 2.9 back in 2011. While two-person households are the most common at 37.4%, those living alone now make up 24.4% of the area, which is a little below the state and national figures.
24.4% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canning, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54% of families here, while 30.6% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 14.6%, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is a little above the Western Australian average.
14.6% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canning, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED503/canning/topic/family-households