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.
Withers - Usher · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
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.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Withers - Usher — lower than 71% of areas.
| Withers - Usher | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
34.0% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Withers - Usher splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Withers - Usher, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by One-parent families (27%) and Couples without children (27%).
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