2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greenfields · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Greenfields
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Greenfields than in most similar areas, with 33% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a smaller typical household size than the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Greenfields — lower than 71% of areas.
| Greenfields | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6210, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Greenfields holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 33% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 8 percentage points since 2011.
33.0% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Greenfields splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22% of the community, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. This proportion is among the highest for areas of this type and has risen since 2011.
22.0% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greenfields, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Greenfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/502011023/greenfields/topic/family-households