2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chapman Valley · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Chapman Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Chapman Valley, where only 15.8% of people live alone. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%, making it one of the areas with the fewest single-person homes.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Chapman Valley — higher than 86% of areas.
| Chapman Valley | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typically, 2.7 people live in each home, which is much higher than most areas and has edged up since 2011. Most often, households consist of two people (42.9%) or four people (16.0%).
15.8% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chapman Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (16%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.9% of families here. Only 7.6% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the national average and among the lowest for similar areas.
7.6% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chapman Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Chapman Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51610/chapman-valley/topic/family-households