2.6 ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nowergup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nowergup
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Nowergup than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.6 people. This is a place where few people live on their own, and over half of all families are couples raising children.
2.6
▼ -13.3%
- 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 Nowergup — higher than 57% of areas.
| Nowergup | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6032, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.9% of people here live alone, which is well below the Western Australian and national figures. Most homes are small groups, with 40.3% of households consisting of two people.
17.9% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nowergup, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common in Nowergup, making up 55.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the mix, which is a little above the state average.
14.7% ▲ +90.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nowergup, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Nowergup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51162/nowergup/topic/family-households