1.8 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wyalkatchem · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wyalkatchem
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small home sizes define daily life in Wyalkatchem, where nearly half of all households consist of just one person. This trend makes the area stand out, with a typical household of 1.8 people, which is well below both the state and national figures.
1.8
▼ -14.3%
- 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 Wyalkatchem — lower than 91% of areas.
| Wyalkatchem | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6485, WA | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all homes (48.5%) are occupied by people living alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why the average household size is so small, with only 9.6% of homes holding three people.
48.5% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wyalkatchem, the largest group is 1 person at 49%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.8% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Meanwhile, couples without children are the most common family type at 40.2%.
22.8% ▲ +78.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wyalkatchem, the largest group is Couples without children at 41%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Wyalkatchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51654/wyalkatchem/topic/family-households