2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lowlands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lowlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 3.9% of families in Lowlands are headed by a single parent, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high proportion of couple-led households. Most homes here are small, typically housing only two people.
2.2
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- 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 Lowlands — lower than 76% of areas.
| Lowlands | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 49.2%, while 24.6% of people live alone. Overall, the typical home in Lowlands has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5.
24.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lowlands, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 56.3%. This high number of couples helps explain why one-parent families are so rare here, sitting well below the state average of 13.5%.
3.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lowlands, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 Lowlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50866/lowlands/topic/family-households