1.9 ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lancelin · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Lancelin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Lancelin, where just 1.9 people live in the typical home. This is well below the state and national figures, reflecting a community where many residents live on their own or as couples.
1.9
▼ -26.9%
- 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 Lancelin — lower than 93% of areas.
| Lancelin | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6044, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 41.2% of households consisting of one person—a figure far above the national average. This has contributed to the typical home size shrinking from 2.6 people in 2011 to 1.9 today.
41.2% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lancelin splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (42%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples, with 55.3% having no children and 36.4% with children. Only 7.2% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure and a 10 point drop since 2011.
7.2% ▼ -58.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lancelin, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Lancelin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521030/lancelin/topic/family-households