Pinjar · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pinjar

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 60% of families in Pinjar are couples with children. This is a place where households are often larger than in other similar areas, and it has a very high proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Pinjar, Suburb / Locality

Where Pinjar sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Pinjar — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pinjar2.7
6078, WA 3.1
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Pinjar has 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. About 26% of households are people living alone, a figure that is about the same as the national rate.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.9%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 35.5%
  • 2021: 25.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Pinjar splits fairly evenly between 1 person (25%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 21%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 25% of the total, which is among the highest for its level and far above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 59.6%.

25.0%

Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 19.7%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pinjar, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next at 26%.

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 Pinjar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51246/pinjar/topic/family-households