2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Booragoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Booragoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly two-thirds of families in Booragoon are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area maintains a balanced mix of family sizes, though there is a notable number of people living on their own compared to other similar suburbs.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Booragoon — higher than 57% of areas.
| Booragoon | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6154, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.7% of people here live alone, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Most homes are small, with 30.4% housing two people and 15.5% housing three, though the typical household size of 2.6 people is about the same as across Australia.
26.7% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Booragoon splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 65.4% of families, while couples without children account for 23.2%. One-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national averages.
10.3% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Booragoon, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Booragoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50148/booragoon/topic/family-households