2.6 —
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Joondalup (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than one in five people live alone in Joondalup, a figure well below the national average. This creates a community where most homes are shared, and family-based living is the norm. The typical home here holds 2.6 people.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Joondalup (North Metropolitan) — higher than 57% of areas.
| Joondalup (North Metropolitan) | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 36%, while those with only one person are much lower than in most other areas. This contributed to a typical household size of 2.6 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
19.4% —
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Joondalup (North Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a large 60.3% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families are much lower than in most areas, sitting at 11.3%, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
11.3% —
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Joondalup (North Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Joondalup (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52604/joondalup/topic/family-households