2.8 —
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 65% of families in Wanneroo include children, making it a significant hub for larger households. The area has far fewer people living alone than most other places, with the typical home housing 2.8 people. This creates a strong profile of family-oriented living across the region.
2.8
—
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) — higher than 79% of areas.
| Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than the national figure, though the average size edged down from 2.9 to 2.8 people since 2016. Only 19% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.0% —
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.9%, while one-parent families account for 13.7%. This last figure has risen by 2.7 percentage points since 2016, though it remains about the same as the state and national averages.
13.7% —
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55504/wanneroo/topic/family-households