2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gwambygine · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gwambygine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of households in Gwambygine consist of just one person, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person homes. Overall, the typical home here is smaller than those in most other regions.
2.2
—
- 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 Gwambygine — lower than 76% of areas.
| Gwambygine | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6302, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.4% of people live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Consequently, the typical home in Gwambygine holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national and state figures of 2.5.
36.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gwambygine splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of the families here are couples with children. Single-parent families make up 8.3% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gwambygine, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Gwambygine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50598/gwambygine/topic/family-households