2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Denmark · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Denmark
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Denmark than ever before, with single-person households rising by 14 points since 2011. This shift means the town now has a smaller typical household size of 2.1 people, which is lower than both the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Denmark — lower than 71% of areas.
| Denmark | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6333, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 37.3% of all households, a figure far above the Australian average. This explains why the usual number of people per home has fallen from 2.5 in 2011 to 2.1 today.
37.3% ▲ +58.9%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Denmark splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the total, which is well above the Western Australian average. This figure has risen by 1.9 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 46.2%.
16.9% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Denmark, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Denmark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515009/denmark/topic/family-households