2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canning · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Canning
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Canning have remained steady since 2011, with 2.7 people living in the typical home. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where larger homes and family units are common.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Canning — higher than 79% of areas.
| Canning | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.9% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people, though 18.9% of homes hold four people.
22.9% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canning, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families at 63.8%. Only 11.4% are one-parent families, a figure that is much lower than most areas and slightly below the Western Australian average.
11.4% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canning, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50603/canning/topic/family-households