2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wedgecarrup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wedgecarrup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost three quarters of all families in Wedgecarrup are couples with children, making it a place where large households are common. This family-centric makeup is reflected in the fact that the typical home holds nearly three people.
2.9
—
- 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 Wedgecarrup — higher than 81% of areas.
| Wedgecarrup | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6315, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Wedgecarrup are larger than most, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. While 25.8% of people live alone, about 42% of households contain four or more people.
25.8% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wedgecarrup splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 5 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples, with 73.4% having children and 23.4% without.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wedgecarrup, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Wedgecarrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51554/wedgecarrup/topic/family-households