3.4 —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Watercarrin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Watercarrin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in each home in Watercarrin than in most similar areas. This creates a landscape of large households, with a typical home holding 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.4
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- 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 Watercarrin — higher than 93% of areas.
| Watercarrin | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 6407, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.4 people per household. This is well above the state and national figures of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Watercarrin, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (27%) and 5 people (27%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 64.5% of the area. There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Watercarrin, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Watercarrin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51543/watercarrin/topic/family-households