2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northam · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Northam
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 32% of people live on their own in Northam, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes contributes to a smaller typical household size than most other areas. While many residents live alone, one-parent families are also much more common here than in similar places.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Northam — lower than 71% of areas.
| Northam | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6401, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Northam holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the state and national figures. Small households are common, with 35.4% containing two people and 32% consisting of just one person.
32.0% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northam splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the local total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include 46.6% as couples with children and 30.3% as couples without children.
21.8% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northam, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51157/northam/topic/family-households