2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Amelup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Amelup
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower share of one-parent families than the national figure marks the social landscape of Amelup. This sparsely populated area is mostly made up of couples, though a high number of people living alone also stand out. Typical homes are slightly smaller than those across Western Australia.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Amelup — lower than 71% of areas.
| Amelup | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6338, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More people live alone here than in most other areas, with 31% of households consisting of one person. This is well above the 25.6% national figure, and typical homes hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
31.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Amelup, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life in Amelup is dominated by couples, with 65.2% having children and 34.8% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Amelup, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Amelup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50017/amelup/topic/family-households