2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wannamal · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Wannamal than the national average, where there are none at all. This sparsely populated area sees a huge 80% of families consist of couples with children, though a fair number of people also live on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wannamal — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wannamal | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6505, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the national figure, with 2.7 people per dwelling. About 27.9% of residents live alone, which is a little above the Western Australian and national figures.
2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
27.9% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Wannamal splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (26%), with 4 people at 19%.
Family types and one-parent families.
There is a striking gap in family types here, as one-parent families make up 0.0% of the total. This is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 80% of the total.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Wannamal, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wannamal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51524/wannamal/topic/family-households