3.0 ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dampier Peninsula · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements have become more common in the Dampier Peninsula since 2011. With 3.0 people in the typical home, the area has much larger households than most similar places. This trend is reflected in a high number of one-parent families, which are far more common here than in the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dampier Peninsula — higher than 86% of areas.
| Dampier Peninsula | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6725, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than the national figure, with 3.0 people per household. While 25.8% of people live alone—which is about the same as the Western Australian average—nearly 12% of households contain five or more people.
3.0 ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
25.8% ▲ +76.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Dampier Peninsula splits fairly evenly between 1 person (26%) and 2 people (21%), with 4 people at 16%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.2% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 53.4%, while couples without children make up only 10.6%.
34.2% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Dampier Peninsula, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 34%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Dampier Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50380/dampier-peninsula/topic/family-households