2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boyanup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boyanup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Boyanup than in most other Australian areas, with only 19.9% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where most homes are shared, and family units are the dominant way of living. Over half of the families here include children.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Boyanup — higher than 57% of areas.
| Boyanup | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6237, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Boyanup are slightly larger than the state and national average, with typically 2.6 people per household. This is reflected in the mix of residents, as 40.6% of households consist of two people.
19.9% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boyanup, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.4% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 11.3%, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
11.3% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boyanup, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50169/boyanup/topic/family-households