2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cancanning · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cancanning
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become a defining feature of Cancanning over the last decade. Most homes here are now family-based, with a typical household of 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.8
—
- 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 Cancanning — higher than 76% of areas.
| Cancanning | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6315, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cancanning are more crowded than in most other areas. With 2.8 people per home, the typical household is a little larger than the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Cancanning, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 5 people is next at 38%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 73.1% of families having children. In a stark contrast to the rest of the country, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cancanning, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Cancanning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50241/cancanning/topic/family-households