2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Curtin · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Curtin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Curtin than they were in 2011. This shift is driven by a growing number of single-person households, which now make up nearly 29% of the area. While couples with children still form the largest group, the overall household makeup is becoming smaller and more varied.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Curtin — lower than 71% of areas.
| Curtin | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.4 people, which is lower than in most similar areas. Single-person households have risen to 28.7%, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
28.7% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Curtin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10% of the area, which is among the lowest levels for this type of place and well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 61.5% of households.
10.0% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Curtin, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Curtin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED505/curtin/topic/family-households