Canning Mills · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Canning Mills

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost every home in Canning Mills is a family with children, making it a rare pocket where large households are the norm. The area is overwhelmingly dominated by couples raising children, creating a very different domestic landscape compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Canning Mills, Suburb / Locality

Where Canning Mills sits — Average household size

4.5 ▲ +73.1%
  • 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 Canning Mills — higher than 99% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Canning Mills4.5
6111, WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are much larger than usual, with 4.5 people per household. This is far above the typical figure of 2.5 people seen across both Western Australia and Australia.

4.5 ▲ +73.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 4.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is centered on couples with children, who make up 95.2% of households. In contrast, one-parent families are completely absent at 0.0%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

Family composition

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In Canning Mills, Couples with children is the majority at 100%.

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 Canning Mills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50244/canning-mills/topic/family-households