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Kwinana (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Family & Households in Kwinana (South Metropolitan)

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Kwinana (South Metropolitan), where 2.7 people typically live in each home. This reflects a community with fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the state and country.

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📍 Kwinana (South Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Kwinana (South Metropolitan) sits — Average household size

2.7 —

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Kwinana (South Metropolitan) — higher than 71% of areas.

Kwinana (South Metropolitan)2.7
Greater Perth 2.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 21.8% of people here live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are larger than usual, with nearly 30% of households containing two people and 18.8% holding four.

Household size

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In Kwinana (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).

2 people 29.8% 1 person 21.8% 4 people 18.8% 3 people 18.0% 5 people 7.6% 6 or more 3.9%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.2%. One-parent families are a little more common here than in the rest of Australia, accounting for 15.9% of all families.

Family composition

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In Kwinana (South Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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 Kwinana (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53105/kwinana/topic/family-households