2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northam · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Northam
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Northam than they were a decade ago, with the share of single-person households rising to 29%. This shift is part of a broader trend where the typical home now holds slightly fewer people than it did in 2011.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Northam — lower than 64% of areas.
| Northam | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6401, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29% of households are people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home has 2.4 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011 and is about the same as the state average.
29.0% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. This figure has risen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
18.3% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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/sa2/509021243/northam/topic/family-households