2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nanson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nanson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest group in Nanson, where 45.2% of families fall into this category. The area is sparsely populated and mostly consists of small households. It is a place where very few people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
—
- 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 Nanson — lower than 57% of areas.
| Nanson | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6532, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Nanson has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Very few people live alone here, at just 10%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nanson, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 3 people (38%) and 1 person (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. Other common family types include couples with children, who account for 33.9% of households.
24.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nanson, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Nanson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51084/nanson/topic/family-households