2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cookernup · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cookernup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Cookernup (L) than in the rest of the country, with only 16.2% of households being single-person homes. This is a family-heavy area where the typical home holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than most similar areas.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Cookernup — higher than 76% of areas.
| Cookernup | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6219, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40% of households here consist of two people, while those with only one resident are well below the national figure of 25.6%. The typical household size of 2.7 people has edged down slightly since 2011.
16.2% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cookernup, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, though one-parent families are well above the Western Australian figure at 16.8%. This last group has grown by 4 percentage points since 2011.
16.8% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cookernup, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cookernup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522013/cookernup/topic/family-households