2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boyup Brook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boyup Brook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households and a high number of solo dwellers shape daily life in Boyup Brook. This town sees nearly 30% of people living alone, which is well above the national figure and creates a landscape of smaller homes.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Boyup Brook — lower than 76% of areas.
| Boyup Brook | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6244, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the figure for Western Australia and Australia. This is driven by the fact that 29.6% of residents live alone, a rate well above most other areas.
29.6% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boyup Brook, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the local mix, which is well above the national average of 14.1%. This stands alongside a high proportion of couples without children, who make up 41.6% of families.
17.6% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Boyup Brook splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50172/boyup-brook/topic/family-households