2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Capel · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Capel
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Capel include children, making it a prominent place for parents. While typical home sizes match the national figure, the area has a notably high proportion of single-parent families.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Capel — higher than 50% of areas.
| Capel | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6271, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Capel houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. About 23.8% of households are people living alone, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 25.6%.
23.8% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Capel, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.3% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national average and much higher than most similar areas. Most families are couples, with 52% having children and 30% without.
17.3% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Capel, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50251/capel/topic/family-households