2.0 ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boyup Brook · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Boyup Brook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Boyup Brook than in most similar areas, with 36.7% of households being single-person homes. This shift has contributed to a decline in the typical home size since 2011. The area now sees a much higher rate of one-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
2.0
▼ -25.9%
- 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 Boyup Brook — lower than 86% of areas.
| Boyup Brook | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6244, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Boyup Brook are smaller than usual, with only 2.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 36.7% of residents who live alone, a figure that has risen by 14 points since 2011.
36.7% ▲ +62.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boyup Brook, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.4% of the local mix, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This group has grown by 13 points since 2011, while couples without children remain the most common family type at 41.2%.
25.4% ▲ +103.7%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boyup Brook, the largest group is Couples without children at 41%, followed by Couples with children (32%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521007/boyup-brook/topic/family-households