2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cockburn · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Cockburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Cockburn than in most similar areas, reflecting a place where family living is the norm. Over 60% of families here are couples with children, creating a community geared toward raising young people.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Cockburn — higher than 71% of areas.
| Cockburn | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas. While 23.2% of people live alone—a figure that has risen since 2011—two-person households are the most common at 32.5%.
23.2% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cockburn, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.9% of families, while couples without children account for 24.5%. One-parent families represent 13.5% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.5% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cockburn, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Cockburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50701/cockburn/topic/family-households