2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wickepin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wickepin
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Wickepin are couples with children, making them the most common household type. While family units are strong, there is also a high number of people living by themselves compared to other areas.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Wickepin — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wickepin | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6370, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of people live alone, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. On average, there are 2.4 people per home, which is about the same as the national figure.
33.9% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wickepin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.1%, which is a little below the national and state figures.
12.1% ▼ -52.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wickepin, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Wickepin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51600/wickepin/topic/family-households