2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Attadale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Attadale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families live in Attadale than in most other areas, with the 9.1% figure sitting well below the national average. The suburb is largely made up of family homes, where couples with children make up the biggest group. This focus on family units is reflected in the typical household size.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Attadale — higher than 57% of areas.
| Attadale | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6156, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas. Single-person households are less common here than across Australia, making up 22.5% of all homes.
22.5% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Attadale, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children dominate the local landscape at 65.6%. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common here than in the rest of Western Australia.
9.1% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Attadale, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; 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 Attadale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50035/attadale/topic/family-households