Cape Burney · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cape Burney

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define Cape Burney, where the typical home holds far fewer people than the national figure. While Australia usually sees 2.5 people per home, this area is well below that at just 2.0. This is driven by a high number of people living alone.

Open map →
📍 Cape Burney, Suburb / Locality

Where Cape Burney sits — Average household size

2.0 → 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 Cape Burney — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cape Burney2.0
6532, WA 2.7
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly 39% of people here live alone, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Because of this, the typical home is small, with 38.7% of households having one person and 39.5% having two.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

38.7% ▲ +3.3%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 37.5%
  • 2016: 34.6%
  • 2021: 38.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

Cape Burney splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 10%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 46.8% of families, while couples without children account for 44.4%. One-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

9.8% ▼ -26.8%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.4%
  • 2016: 10.7%
  • 2021: 9.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

Cape Burney splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Cape Burney

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cape Burney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50248/cape-burney/topic/family-households