2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cowaramup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cowaramup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 66% of families in Cowaramup are couples with children, reflecting a community geared toward larger households. The area has far fewer people living alone than the national average. This creates a distinct residential pattern where homes typically hold more people than in most other regions.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Cowaramup — higher than 76% of areas.
| Cowaramup | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6284, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cowaramup are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 16.5% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cowaramup, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.7% of the group, a figure that is well below both the state (13.5%) and national (14.1%) averages. Most families here are couples, with 66.1% raising children and 24.8% without them.
8.7% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cowaramup, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Cowaramup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50347/cowaramup/topic/family-households