Trayning · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Trayning

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes have become a defining feature of Trayning, where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person. This shift is reflected in a very low typical home occupancy of 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

Open map →
📍 Trayning, Suburb / Locality

Where Trayning sits — Average household size

1.8 ▼ -21.7%
  • 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 Trayning — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Trayning1.8
6488, WA 1.8
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households are very common here, making up 45.5% of the total. This is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia, and it helps explain why Trayning has among the lowest number of people per home in the region.

1.8 ▼ -21.7%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

45.5% ▲ +42.4%

Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 31.9%
  • 2016: 45.5%
  • 2021: 45.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

Trayning splits fairly evenly between 1 person (45%) and 2 people (41%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 33.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. Meanwhile, couples without children are the most common family type at 54%.

33.3% ▲ +169.8%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.4%
  • 2016: 17.9%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Trayning, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (31%) and Couples with children (19%).

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Trayning

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Trayning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51466/trayning/topic/family-households