2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Geographe · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Geographe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller-than-average households define daily life in Geographe, where the typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where two-person homes are the most common arrangement.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Geographe — lower than 71% of areas.
| Geographe | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6280, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most frequent at 44.3%, and those living alone make up 25.5% of the area. This last figure is about the same as both the state and national averages.
25.5% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Geographe, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17% of the total, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5% and much higher than most similar areas. Couples with children and couples without children are nearly equal, at 41.9% and 39.6% respectively.
17.0% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Geographe splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 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 Geographe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50534/geographe/topic/family-households