2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Denmark · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Denmark
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Denmark live alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households, though the typical home still holds about two people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Denmark — lower than 71% of areas.
| Denmark | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.8% of residents live by themselves, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is well above the state and national averages. Most homes are small, with 40.6% holding two people and 29.8% holding just one.
29.8% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Denmark, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up half of all families here, while 37.8% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.1% of the total, which is a little below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.
12.1% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Denmark, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Denmark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52730/denmark/topic/family-households