2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bruce Rock · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Bruce Rock
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Bruce Rock, a figure well above the state and national averages. This contrast defines the local living patterns, where a significant number of single-person households exist alongside a strong base of traditional family units.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Bruce Rock — lower than 57% of areas.
| Bruce Rock | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bruce Rock holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 29.5% of residents live alone, the most common arrangement is a two-person household at 36.7%.
29.5% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bruce Rock, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families here are couples with children, making up 53.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.6%, which is a little below the Australian average and has risen slightly since 2011.
11.6% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bruce Rock, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Bruce Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51120/bruce-rock/topic/family-households