2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wickham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wickham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are common in Wickham, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most areas, reflecting a community where families and shared living are the norm.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Wickham — higher than 81% of areas.
| Wickham | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6720, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Wickham house more people than the national figure of 2.5. Only 22.1% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
22.1% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wickham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (22%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a huge 77.9% of families here. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common at 6.8%, well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.8% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wickham, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Wickham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51601/wickham/topic/family-households