3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nickol · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nickol
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much smaller proportion of people live alone in Nickol compared to the rest of the country. This area is defined by larger living arrangements, with the typical home holding 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Nickol — higher than 88% of areas.
| Nickol | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 6714, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is uncommon here, with only 15.3% of households being single-person, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most homes are larger, with 25.2% of households containing four people and 10.8% containing five.
15.3% ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nickol splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 74.2%. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 7.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
7.0% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nickol, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Nickol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51113/nickol/topic/family-households