2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bookara · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bookara
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Bookara than in the rest of the state, where the local figure is 11 percentage points lower than the Western Australian average. Most homes here are occupied by couples, and the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
—
- 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 Bookara — higher than 50% of areas.
| Bookara | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6525, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20.4% of people in Bookara live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 40.8% of all homes.
20.4% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bookara, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.7% of families here. Only 2.7% are one-parent families, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
2.7% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bookara, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Bookara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50145/bookara/topic/family-households