3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whitby
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Whitby than in most other areas, with a typical household of 3.0 people. This is a family-heavy suburb where large households are the norm, and very few people live by themselves.
3.0
—
- 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 Whitby — higher than 86% of areas.
| Whitby | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6123, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, Whitby is a little above the state and national figure of 2.5. Only 13.8% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.8% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whitby, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 63.7%. One-parent families account for 14.5%, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
14.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whitby, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Whitby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51592/whitby/topic/family-households