2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Girrawheen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Girrawheen
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 24.4% of the community in Girrawheen, a figure that is far above the national average. This makes it one of the most common family types for the area. Most homes here are family-based, though there is also a notable number of people living on their own.
2.6
→ 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 Girrawheen — higher than 57% of areas.
| Girrawheen | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6064, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.7% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, Girrawheen has a slightly higher number of people per home (2.6) than the Australian average of 2.5.
29.7% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Girrawheen splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are far more common here than in the rest of the state, sitting at 24.4% compared to 13.5% for Western Australia. Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.1%.
24.4% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Girrawheen, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Girrawheen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50550/girrawheen/topic/family-households