2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wanneroo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wanneroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Wanneroo revolves largely around family units, with 57% of households consisting of couples with children. This creates a domestic landscape where most homes are occupied by families, while a smaller portion of the population lives independently.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Wanneroo — higher than 50% of areas.
| Wanneroo | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6065, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wanneroo houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. About 26.2% of people live alone, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas.
26.2% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wanneroo, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 57%, while one-parent families account for 14.9%. This last figure is higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian average.
14.9% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wanneroo, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Wanneroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51526/wanneroo/topic/family-households