2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bridgetown-Greenbushes · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Bridgetown-Greenbushes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Bridgetown-Greenbushes is largely shaped by stable family units, with nearly half of all families including children. The area is characterised by a strong presence of couples, contributing to a community where traditional family structures are more common than in the state average.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Bridgetown-Greenbushes — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bridgetown-Greenbushes | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly smaller than the national figure, with 2.3 people per household. This is partly because 28% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits a little above the Australian average.
28.0% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bridgetown-Greenbushes, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 9.5% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures. This is a notable decline from 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 49%.
9.5% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bridgetown-Greenbushes, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Bridgetown-Greenbushes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50840/bridgetown-greenbushes/topic/family-households