2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gwelup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gwelup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Around 70% of families in Gwelup are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. This high proportion of children is reflected in the typical home, which holds more people than most Australian households.
2.8
→ 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 Gwelup — higher than 76% of areas.
| Gwelup | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6018, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gwelup holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This larger household size is consistent with fewer people living alone, at 19.4%, which is well below the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
19.4% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Gwelup splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (26%), with 1 person at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state average of 13.5% and the national figure of 14.1%.
6.5% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gwelup, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Gwelup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50599/gwelup/topic/family-households