2.7 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wyndham · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wyndham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Wyndham than in the rest of the state. This creates a unique household mix where over half of families have children, while a high number of people also live alone. The area has shifted significantly over the last decade, with a notable rise in both single-parent homes and sole occupants.
2.7
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Wyndham — higher than 76% of areas.
| Wyndham | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6740, WA | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Wyndham are larger than in most areas, typically holding 2.7 people. However, the number of people living alone has jumped 19 points since 2011 and now sits at 32.3%, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
32.3% ▲ +134.2%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wyndham, the largest group is 1 person at 32%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.5% of the local total, a figure far above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when only 6.6% of families were headed by one parent.
29.5% ▲ +349.3%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wyndham, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 29%.
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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521052/wyndham/topic/family-households