2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northam · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Northam
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of all homes in Northam are occupied by people living alone. This trend has grown since 2011, and while the typical household size is about 2.4 people, the area now has a much higher rate of single-parent families than most other similar places.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Northam — lower than 57% of areas.
| Northam | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 37.1% of all households.
29.0% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Northam, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. Almost half of all families here are couples with children.
18.3% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northam, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56730/northam/topic/family-households