2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lancelin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lancelin
How families and households are made up across the area.
A notable shift in living patterns has seen Lancelin move toward smaller households since 2011. The town now sees a very high number of people living alone, with nearly 40% of homes housing just one person. This contributes to a typical home size that is much smaller than in other parts of the state.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Lancelin — lower than 86% of areas.
| Lancelin | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6044, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Western Australian and national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 39.5% of people living alone, a rate far above the state and national averages.
39.5% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lancelin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 54.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.9%, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
6.9% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lancelin, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 38%.
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 Lancelin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50830/lancelin/topic/family-households