2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Metricup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Metricup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 17% of people live alone in Metricup, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area stand out as a place where most residents live in larger group settings. It is a community where families and couples are the norm, rather than single-person households.
2.8
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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 Metricup — higher than 76% of areas.
| Metricup | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6280, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with a typical size of 2.8 people. This is a little above the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5.
16.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Metricup, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.6% of families, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 4.0%. This is far below the national rate of 14.1%.
4.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Metricup, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Metricup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50941/metricup/topic/family-households