2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Courtenay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Courtenay
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 60% of families in Courtenay are couples with children, making the area a strong hub for family life. With a typical home holding 2.8 people, it is much more crowded than most similar areas. This trend is mirrored by the low number of people living alone.
2.8
—
- 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 Courtenay — higher than 76% of areas.
| Courtenay | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6288, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Courtenay holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the state and national figures. Only 20% of residents live alone, a rate well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Courtenay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 4 people (38%), with 1 person at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most local families are couples, with 60% raising children and another 35.6% without children.
8.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Courtenay, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Courtenay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50344/courtenay/topic/family-households