2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laverton · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Laverton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families than the national average defines the home life in Laverton. While the typical number of people per home is 2.5, the area sees a striking mix of large households and a very high number of people living alone.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Laverton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Laverton | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes sits alongside a trend where 8.2% of households contain six or more people.
35.0% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laverton, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.5% of the total, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen by 4.8 percentage points since 2011, making it one of the highest rates for this area type.
25.5% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laverton, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (26%).
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54970/laverton/topic/family-households