Wandillup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wandillup

How families and households are made up across the area.

A strong preference for family living shapes daily life in Wandillup, where over half of all households include couples with children. This creates a residential landscape focused on family units, with very few single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Wandillup, Suburb / Locality

Where Wandillup sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Wandillup — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wandillup2.4
6256, WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Most homes here house two people, accounting for 43.5% of households. With 2.4 people per home, the typical household size is about the same as the state and national figures.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.1%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.6%
  • 2021: 26.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wandillup, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 53.2% of families, while 34.0% are couples without children. Notably, one-parent families are completely absent at 0.0%, a figure far below both the Western Australian and national averages.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wandillup, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 39%.

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 Wandillup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51520/wandillup/topic/family-households