Henley Brook · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Henley Brook

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 62.5% of the local mix, making Henley Brook a strongly family-oriented area. This is reflected in the large typical household size, with three people per home on average.

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📍 Henley Brook, Suburb / Locality

Where Henley Brook sits — Average household size

3.0 ▼ -3.2%
  • 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 Henley Brook — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Henley Brook3.0
6055, WA 2.9
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, with three people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with very few people living alone, at just 12.1%, which is far below the Western Australian rate of 25.4%.

3.0 ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

12.1% ▲ +29.7%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 10.2%
  • 2021: 12.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Henley Brook, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 12.9% of the area, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state average.

12.9% ▲ +31.4%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.8%
  • 2016: 10.6%
  • 2021: 12.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Henley Brook, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children 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 Henley Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50625/henley-brook/topic/family-households