2.8 ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pearce · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Pearce
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 65% of families in Pearce are couples with children, making it a place where family units are the primary household type. This focus on family life is reflected in larger-than-usual homes and a sharp drop in people living alone.
2.8
▲ +21.7%
- 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 Pearce — higher than 79% of areas.
| Pearce | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Pearce are more crowded than in most areas, with a typical size of 2.8 people. This shift is highlighted by the number of people living alone, which fell 12 points since 2011 to just 18.3%, well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.3% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pearce, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 14.3% of the total. This last figure is about the same as the state and national averages and has barely changed since 2011.
14.3% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pearce, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED512/pearce/topic/family-households