3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barragup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barragup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer people living alone shape daily life in Barragup, where 3.0 people typically live in each house. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where multi-person households are the norm.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Barragup — higher than 86% of areas.
| Barragup | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6209, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.0% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most homes hold two people (33.0%), but the area has a much higher proportion of larger households than most other areas.
16.0% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barragup, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.1%, while one-parent families account for 12.1%. This last figure is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.1% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barragup, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Barragup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50075/barragup/topic/family-households