2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Donnybrook · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Donnybrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
A little more than a quarter of residents in Donnybrook now live alone, which is a little above the national figure. This trend has grown quickly over the last decade as the area's household patterns shift. Most homes here are small, typically housing about two or three people.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Donnybrook — higher than 57% of areas.
| Donnybrook | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6239, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Donnybrook holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While two-person homes are most common at 39.6%, the share of people living alone has risen sharply to 28.2% since 2011.
28.2% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Donnybrook, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families here are couples with children, while 35.1% are couples without. One-parent families make up 15.0% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits a little above the Western Australian average.
15.0% ▲ +46.5%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Donnybrook, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515011/donnybrook/topic/family-households