2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northampton · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Northampton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small, single-person households are much more common in Northampton than in most other areas. This shift is clear in the latest data, with over 31% of residents now living alone. This means fewer people share a home here compared to the typical Australian household.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Northampton — lower than 86% of areas.
| Northampton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Northampton holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This has edged down since 2011, while the share of people living alone rose to 31.2%, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
31.2% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Northampton, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 46.7%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, making up 9.7% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.7% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Northampton splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Northampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56790/northampton/topic/family-households