2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wanneroo · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Wanneroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than the national average define Wanneroo, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This area is dominated by family life, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Wanneroo — higher than 86% of areas.
| Wanneroo | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.8 people, though this has edged down since 2011. Only 19.1% of people live alone, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
19.1% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wanneroo, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 63.7%. One-parent families account for 15.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen since 2011.
15.1% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wanneroo, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Wanneroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50503/wanneroo/topic/family-households