North Boyanup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in North Boyanup

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define North Boyanup, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-focused community with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 North Boyanup, Suburb / Locality

Where North Boyanup sits — Average household size

2.8 → 0.0%
  • 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 North Boyanup — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
North Boyanup2.8
6237, WA 2.7
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 10.5% of people live alone, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Because so few live alone, the typical home here is slightly larger than the national average.

2.8 → 0.0%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.5% ▼ -11.7%

Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 10.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In North Boyanup, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53%. Single-parent families are less common here at 7.8%, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.

7.8% ▲ +51.7%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 7.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In North Boyanup, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 40%.

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 North Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51132/north-boyanup/topic/family-households