2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Joondalup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Joondalup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements are common in Joondalup, where 29% of people live alone. This high number of single-person homes means the area has fewer people per household than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Joondalup — lower than 71% of areas.
| Joondalup | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6027, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Joondalup holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 29% of people live alone, a figure well above the national average.
29.0% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Joondalup, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.4% of the area, which is much higher than in most other similar places. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, while couples with children represent nearly half of all families.
15.4% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Joondalup, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Joondalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50701/joondalup/topic/family-households