2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Denmark · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Denmark
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Denmark than in the rest of the country, with 38.4% of households consisting of just one person. This trend makes the area stand out compared to the state and national figures, creating a community where small households are the norm.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Denmark — lower than 81% of areas.
| Denmark | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6333, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Denmark are smaller than usual, with just 2.1 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which are far more common here than in most other areas.
38.4% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Denmark splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, a figure that is well above both the Western Australian and national averages. Other family types include couples with children at 46.5% and couples without children at 35.9%.
17.4% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Denmark, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Denmark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50404/denmark/topic/family-households