2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stirling · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Stirling
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Stirling consist of couples with children, making this the most common family type. While most homes follow this pattern, there is also a notably high number of people living on their own compared to other areas.
2.4
→ 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 Stirling — lower than 57% of areas.
| Stirling | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home has 2.4 people, a size that has barely changed since 2011.
30.7% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stirling splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.8% of families, while 28% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.8%, which is about the same as the state average.
12.8% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stirling, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57910/stirling/topic/family-households