2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upwey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upwey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up a dominant 64.1% of families in Upwey. This is a family-focused area where the typical home holds 2.7 people, which is slightly higher than the national figure. The high number of families with children helps explain why far fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upwey — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 17.1% of people live alone in Upwey, which is well below the 25.6% national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 33%, while larger homes with four people make up 21.9% of the total.
17.1% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upwey, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 12.4% of the local mix, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas. Couples without children make up another 23.2% of the family total.
12.4% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upwey, 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 Upwey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22620/upwey/topic/family-households