2.3 ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northam · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Northam
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in one-parent families and single-person homes has changed the face of Northam since 2011. The town has seen a significant shift in how people live, with 32% of households now consisting of just one person.
2.3
▼ -20.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Northam — lower than 57% of areas.
| Northam | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6401, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Northam have shrunk over the last decade, with the typical number of people per home falling from 2.9 in 2011 to 2.3. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and the number of people living alone is now well above the Australian average at 32%.
32.0% ▲ +69.7%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northam splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the local total, which is well above the state figure of 13.5% and represents a 16 point increase since 2011. Other family types include couples with children at 46.6% and couples without children at 30.3%.
21.8% ▲ +264.0%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northam, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL514004/northam/topic/family-households