2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 4.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jerramungup · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Jerramungup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households have jumped 12 percentage points since 2011 in Jerramungup (L), now making up 38.3% of all homes. This shift has happened while the typical number of people per home has edged up slightly to 2.4. It is an area where a large number of people live alone, though many homes still house families with children.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Jerramungup — higher than 57% of areas.
| Jerramungup | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6337, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 38.3% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%. This high proportion of single-person homes exists alongside a typical household size of 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian average.
38.3% ▲ +48.3%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Jerramungup splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 5 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56% of families here, while those without children account for 32%. One-parent families represent 16% of the total, which is a little above the 14.1% national figure.
16.0% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jerramungup, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Jerramungup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522030/jerramungup/topic/family-households