2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Capel · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upper Capel
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households have become more common in Upper Capel since 2011. This area is now dominated by families, with an unusually low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Upper Capel — higher than 76% of areas.
| Upper Capel | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6239, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 16.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
16.4% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Capel, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is the norm here, as 64.5% of families are couples with children. Very few one-parent families live in the area at 3.9%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
3.9% ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Capel, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Upper Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51480/upper-capel/topic/family-households