3.1 ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Willetton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Willetton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 72% of families in Willetton are couples with children, making it an area where large households are common. This focus on family life means far fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the state and country.
3.1
▲ +6.9%
- 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 Willetton — higher than 88% of areas.
| Willetton | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 6155, WA | 3.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, Willetton has some of the highest household sizes for its level. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and only 14.3% of residents live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
14.3% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Willetton splits fairly evenly between 4 people (27%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has a strong presence of couples with children, which helps explain why the number of one-parent families is only 10.4%. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.4% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Willetton, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Willetton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51612/willetton/topic/family-households