2.4 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
O'Connor · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in O'Connor
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in O'Connor now live alone, a figure well above the national average. This shift has seen the typical home shrink over the last decade, with fewer people living under one roof than in 2011.
2.4
▼ -14.3%
- 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 O'Connor — lower than 71% of areas.
| O'Connor | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The proportion of people living alone has risen by 12 points since 2011 to 29.9%, which is much higher than most areas. Because of this, the typical home in O'Connor now holds 2.4 people, down from 2.8 in 2011.
29.9% ▲ +69.0%
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In O'Connor, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.8% of families here, while couples without children account for 32.9%. One-parent families represent 13.4% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In O'Connor, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 O'Connor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED511/o-connor/topic/family-households