2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Perth · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in South Perth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in South Perth, accounting for 54.7% of all families. The area is shaped by smaller living arrangements, with a high number of people living alone and a typical household size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -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 South Perth — lower than 86% of areas.
| South Perth | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than most, with just 2.2 people per household. This is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5, partly because 31.9% of people live alone—a rate well above the national average.
31.9% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Perth splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011.
10.3% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Perth, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 South Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57840/south-perth/topic/family-households