2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Capel River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Capel River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Capel River have remained steady since 2011, though the area is now defined by a very small number of single-person homes. Most residents live in multi-person households, with a typical home holding 2.5 people.
2.5
—
- 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 River — higher than 50% of areas.
| Capel River | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6271, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 8.5% of people live alone here, which is far below the Western Australian and national figures of around 25%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 42.6% of all households.
8.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Capel River, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 4 people is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.0% of families in the area. One-parent families represent just 7.0% of the total, a figure that is well below the state and national averages.
7.0% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Capel River, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50252/capel-river/topic/family-households