2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pemberton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Pemberton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Pemberton than in most similar areas. The typical household is small, with nearly 30% of homes being occupied by just one person. This shift toward smaller households has become more noticeable over the last decade.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Pemberton — lower than 86% of areas.
| Pemberton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6262, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Because of this, Pemberton has only 2.2 people per home, which is much lower than most other areas.
29.8% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pemberton, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.3% of families, while couples without children account for 43.8%. Only 9.8% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
9.8% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Pemberton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Pemberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501031020/pemberton/topic/family-households