2.4 ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wundowie · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wundowie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has surged in Wundowie, with the share of people living alone jumping 13 percentage points since 2011. This shift has contributed to a drop in the typical number of people per home, which fell from 3.4 to 2.4 over the last decade. Most households now consist of one or two people.
2.4
▼ -29.4%
- 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 Wundowie — higher than 57% of areas.
| Wundowie | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6560, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.6% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While 2.4 people per home is higher than in most similar areas, it is about the same as the Western Australian average.
28.6% ▲ +78.2%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wundowie, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.8% of the area, a figure that is well above the 13.5% seen across Western Australia. This is much higher than most similar areas, although the proportion fell by 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
22.8% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wundowie, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Wundowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521051/wundowie/topic/family-households