Withers - Usher · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Withers - Usher

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much higher rates of single-person living set Withers - Usher apart from most similar areas. Small households are common here, with 34% of homes containing just one person. This trend helps explain why the typical home in the area has only 2.3 people, which is lower than the state and national figures.

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📍 Withers - Usher, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Withers - Usher sits — Average household size

2.3
  • 1.0: 7 areas
  • 1.1: 0 areas
  • 1.2: 1 area
  • 1.3: 3 areas
  • 1.4: 6 areas
  • 1.5: 9 areas
  • 1.6: 3 areas
  • 1.7: 13 areas
  • 1.8: 28 areas
  • 1.9: 37 areas
  • 2.0: 54 areas
  • 2.1: 115 areas
  • 2.2: 188 areas
  • 2.3: 287 areas
  • 2.4: 258 areas
  • 2.5: 272 areas
  • 2.6: 246 areas
  • 2.7: 211 areas
  • 2.8: 190 areas
  • 2.9: 149 areas
  • 3.0: 119 areas
  • 3.1: 66 areas
  • 3.2: 44 areas
  • 3.3: 38 areas
  • 3.4: 30 areas
  • 3.5: 10 areas
  • 3.6: 8 areas
  • 3.7: 5 areas
  • 3.8: 4 areas
  • 3.9: 2 areas
  • 4.0: 3 areas
  • 4.1: 1 area
  • 4.2: 1 area
  • 4.3: 2 areas
  • 4.4: 0 areas
  • 4.5: 1 area
  • 4.6: 0 areas
  • 4.7: 0 areas
  • 4.8: 1 area
  • 4.9: 0 areas
  • 5.0: 2 areas
  • 5.1: 1 area
  • 5.2: 0 areas
  • 5.3: 0 areas
  • 5.4: 0 areas
  • 5.5: 0 areas
  • 5.6: 0 areas
  • 5.7: 0 areas
  • 5.8: 0 areas
  • 5.9: 0 areas
  • 6.0: 2 areas

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Withers - Usher — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Withers - Usher2.3
6230, WA 2.4
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

One-person homes are very common, making up 34% of all households, a figure that rose slightly since 2016. This is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.3

Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.0%

Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 32.4%
  • 2021: 34.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Withers - Usher splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 27.3% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion is among the highest for areas of this type.

27.3%

Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 26.5%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Withers - Usher, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by One-parent families (27%) and Couples without children (27%).

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 Withers - Usher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021254/withers-usher/topic/family-households