Jackitup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Jackitup

How families and households are made up across the area.

Zero one-parent families make Jackitup a very unusual place for family structures. Most homes here are occupied by couples, with nearly half of the households including children.

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📍 Jackitup, Suburb / Locality

Where Jackitup sits — Average household size

2.3
  • 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 Jackitup — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Jackitup2.3
6335, WA 2.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Jackitup are slightly smaller than the national figure, with a typical size of 2.3 people. Two-person households are the most common, making up 59.1% of the area.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.7%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 29.2%
  • 2021: 22.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Jackitup, 2 people is the majority at 62%; 1 person is next at 24%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 47.4% of families, while couples without children account for 44.7%. The complete absence of one-parent families is far below both the Western Australian and national figures.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Jackitup splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (44%), with Other families at 10%.

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 Jackitup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50677/jackitup/topic/family-households