2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cranbrook · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cranbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Cranbrook (L) than in most similar areas. This creates a community where small households are the norm, and a high number of single-parent families are present. These shifts reflect a changing local landscape, with the number of one-person homes rising steeply over the last decade.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Cranbrook — lower than 64% of areas.
| Cranbrook | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6321, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 38% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 26%. Because of this trend, the typical home in Cranbrook (L) now holds just 2.2 people, down from 2.5 in 2011.
38.3% ▲ +78.0%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cranbrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.6% of the area, a figure well above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 11.5% of families were headed by one parent.
20.6% ▲ +79.6%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Cranbrook splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 Cranbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522016/cranbrook/topic/family-households