Denbarker · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Denbarker

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a roof in Denbarker than in most other areas, with a typical home housing 2.8 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, though the area also has a surprisingly high number of people living on their own.

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📍 Denbarker, Suburb / Locality

Where Denbarker sits — Average household size

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 Denbarker — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Denbarker2.8
6324, WA 2.4
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.3% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. However, larger homes are still common, with 34.4% of households containing four people and 9.4% holding six or more.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.3%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 22.6%
  • 2021: 31.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Denbarker, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (30%) and 1 person (27%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples with children, making up 66.2% of the total. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare at 5.2%, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.

5.2%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 5.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Denbarker, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Denbarker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50402/denbarker/topic/family-households