2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waggrakine · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waggrakine
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high rate of one-parent families is a standout feature for Waggrakine, where 19.1% of families fit this description. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is generally home to larger households, with the typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Waggrakine — higher than 71% of areas.
| Waggrakine | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6530, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Waggrakine are larger than most areas, typically housing 2.7 people. This helps explain why far fewer people live alone here (21.0%) compared to the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
21.0% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waggrakine, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.1%. However, one-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, sitting well above the state figure of 13.5%.
19.1% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waggrakine, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Waggrakine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51500/waggrakine/topic/family-households