2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northampton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Northampton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Northampton (L), where nearly 39% of people live alone. This creates a community where homes are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per dwelling on average.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Northampton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Northampton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6535, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 38.2% of residents live alone, which is far above the figures for Western Australia and the nation. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.1 people, a number that has fallen since 2011.
38.2% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northampton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.9% of families, while couples without children are almost as common at 42.3%. One-parent families account for 14.4%, a figure that is about the same as the national average but has fallen by 10 points since 2011.
14.4% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Northampton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Northampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521038/northampton/topic/family-households