2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palgarup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palgarup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Palgarup than in most similar areas, with a typical home holding 2.3 people. This creates a landscape where a huge majority of households are made up of couples or families.
2.3
—
- 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 Palgarup — lower than 71% of areas.
| Palgarup | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6258, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 45.6% of all homes.
19.3% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palgarup, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.7% of the area, which is much higher than in most similar places. Couples with children are the largest group at 43.5%, followed closely by couples without children at 39.8%.
15.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Palgarup splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Palgarup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51193/palgarup/topic/family-households