2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northampton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Northampton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person households are the most common arrangement in Northampton, making up 40.9% of all homes. This is an area where small households are the norm and a high number of people live on their own. Overall, the typical home here is smaller than those found across the rest of the country.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Northampton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Northampton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6535, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 38% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, Northampton has just 2.1 people per home, a figure that is a little below the Western Australian average of 2.5.
37.7% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northampton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 43.1%, though couples without children follow closely at 41.5%. One-parent families account for 13.9% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
13.9% ▼ -40.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Northampton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Northampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51158/northampton/topic/family-households