2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Perth · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Perth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people (35.6%) live alone in Perth, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person households helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.2 people, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Perth — lower than 89% of areas.
| Perth | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people living alone has risen by 6.3 percentage points since 2011 to reach 35.6%. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%, contributing to an overall downward trend in household size.
35.6% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 98% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Perth splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.2% of families, while one-parent families account for 11.9%. This last group is much lower than most areas and has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Perth, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED513/perth/topic/family-households