2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Plantations
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than one in five people live alone in North Plantations, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This area has a high proportion of family-based homes, with a typical household size of 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 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 North Plantations — higher than 57% of areas.
| North Plantations | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in North Plantations house two people (43.1%), while only 17.2% are single-person households. This means there are more people per home than in most other areas.
17.2% ▲ +103.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Plantations, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples with children (51.0%). Only 7.8% are one-parent families, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
7.8% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Plantations, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51148/north-plantations/topic/family-households