2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nedlands · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Nedlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 67.9% of families in Nedlands, making this the most common family type in the area. The neighborhood is characterized by larger households and a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
→ 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 Nedlands — higher than 87% of areas.
| Nedlands | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per home, which is a little above the national figure. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 19.5%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
19.5% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nedlands, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.1% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
8.1% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nedlands, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Nedlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56580/nedlands/topic/family-households