2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balcatta - Hamersley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Balcatta - Hamersley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Balcatta - Hamersley than in most similar areas, with 31.1% of households consisting of just one person. This trend is well above the national figure and has risen since 2011. These single-person homes mean the typical household size is smaller than the state and national averages.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Balcatta - Hamersley — lower than 71% of areas.
| Balcatta - Hamersley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6021, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.1% of residents live alone, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Because of this, the typical home in Balcatta - Hamersley has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national average of 2.5.
31.1% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balcatta - Hamersley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.4%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the Australian average.
14.4% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balcatta - Hamersley, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Balcatta - Hamersley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021084/balcatta-hamersley/topic/family-households