2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Joondalup · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Joondalup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Joondalup compared to the rest of the country. This area is dominated by larger households, with 2.7 people living in the typical home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Joondalup — higher than 86% of areas.
| Joondalup | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.6% of residents live by themselves, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. While the number of single-person homes rose slightly since 2011, the typical home still holds 2.7 people, which is about the same as across Western Australia.
18.6% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Joondalup, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 62.5% of all families. One-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, which is much lower than in most other areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.7% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Joondalup, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Joondalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54170/joondalup/topic/family-households