2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wedgefield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wedgefield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Wedgefield are occupied by people living alone. This makes the area stand out as one with very small households compared to the rest of the state. Most residents live either by themselves or as a couple.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Wedgefield — lower than 81% of areas.
| Wedgefield | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6721, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 47.1% of people here live alone, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Because of this, the typical home in Wedgefield has only 2.1 people, a little below the national average of 2.5.
47.1% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wedgefield, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families here are almost exclusively couples, with 58.1% having children and 39.5% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wedgefield, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Wedgefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51555/wedgefield/topic/family-households