2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walkaway · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walkaway
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Walkaway have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on couples. The area is notably more family-oriented than the national average, as seen in the high proportion of couples with children and a very low rate of single-parent homes.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Walkaway — higher than 50% of areas.
| Walkaway | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6528, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Walkaway houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Far fewer people live alone here (20.9%) compared to the Australian average of 25.6%, with two-person households being the most common at 36%.
20.9% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walkaway, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families (54.8%) in Walkaway. This contributes to a very low rate of one-parent families at 6.8%, which is well below both the Western Australian (13.5%) and national (14.1%) figures.
6.8% ▼ -56.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walkaway, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Walkaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51505/walkaway/topic/family-households