3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Atwell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Atwell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become a defining feature of Atwell since 2011, with an increasing number of people sharing each home. The area is now shaped by a very high proportion of families with children, leaving very few residents living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Atwell — higher than 86% of areas.
| Atwell | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6164, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Atwell are more crowded than most, with 3.0 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 14% of people live alone, which is far below the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
14.0% ▲ +37.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Atwell splits fairly evenly between 4 people (27%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of the community at 71.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.7% of the total, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
11.7% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Atwell, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Atwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50036/atwell/topic/family-households