Innaloo · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Innaloo

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shifting social mix has emerged in Innaloo, where a high number of people now live on their own. The area has a smaller typical household size than the state and national figures, reflecting a move toward smaller living arrangements.

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Where Innaloo sits — Average household size

2.1 → 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 Innaloo — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Innaloo2.1
6018, WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Small households are common here, with 35.7% of people living alone—a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Innaloo holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.

2.1 → 0.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.7% ▲ +10.6%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.2%
  • 2016: 33.6%
  • 2021: 35.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Innaloo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 16.6% of the local mix, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. Roughly 46.3% of families are couples with children, while 35.3% are couples without children.

16.6% ▼ -0.9%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.7%
  • 2016: 15.8%
  • 2021: 16.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Innaloo, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (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 Innaloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50670/innaloo/topic/family-households