Jingalup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Jingalup

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are living alone in Jingalup than in most similar areas, a trend that has shifted the local household landscape since 2011. While the typical home holds about 2.7 people, nearly one third of all households are single-person homes.

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📍 Jingalup, Suburb / Locality

Where Jingalup sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Jingalup — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Jingalup2.7
6395, WA 2.3
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, 22.7% of homes are quite large with five people, keeping the overall number of residents per home slightly higher than the state average.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.8%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 31.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Jingalup splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (29%), with 5 people at 22%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples with children (68.8%), while one-parent families make up only 3.1%. This is far below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other similar areas.

3.1%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Jingalup, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Jingalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50698/jingalup/topic/family-households