2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cannington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cannington
How families and households are made up across the area.
A slightly higher share of people live alone in Cannington compared to the state and national figures. While the typical home size matches the rest of Australia, there is a notable trend toward smaller households in the area.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Cannington — higher than 50% of areas.
| Cannington | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6107, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of people here live alone, which is a little above the state and national figures. The most common household size is two people, making up 31.9% of homes.
27.3% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cannington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 54.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.5%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
11.5% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cannington, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Cannington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50246/cannington/topic/family-households