2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Victoria Plains · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Victoria Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes are common in Victoria Plains, where the typical home holds 2.3 people. This is slightly lower than the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country, and the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Victoria Plains — lower than 71% of areas.
| Victoria Plains | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of residents live alone, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 41.7% of all households.
28.5% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Victoria Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 3.7% of the population, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011. Most families here are couples, with 53.2% having children and 41% without.
3.7% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Victoria Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Victoria Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58540/victoria-plains/topic/family-households