2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Capel · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Capel
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Capel are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This creates a family-focused atmosphere where the typical home is larger than the national figure, though the number of people per house has edged down slightly since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Capel — lower than 57% of areas.
| Capel | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6237, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20.8% of people in Capel live alone, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 41.3% of all households.
20.8% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Capel, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national levels. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
13.3% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Capel, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021007/capel/topic/family-households