2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowalla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cowalla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower household sizes than most similar areas define Cowalla, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This small household scale is mirrored in the family data, with no one-parent families recorded in the area.
2.1
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- 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 Cowalla — lower than 81% of areas.
| Cowalla | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6503, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than the national figure of 2.5 people. This is reflected in the fact that 38.1% of households have two people, while those living alone make up 19.0%, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
19.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowalla, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 51.2% of families, while couples with children account for 48.8%. There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowalla, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 49%.
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 Cowalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50346/cowalla/topic/family-households