Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood are couples with children. This is a place where homes are smaller than usual, which is partly because more people are living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -4.5%
  • 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 Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood2.1
6100, WA 2.1
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Around 34.9% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the Western Australian figure.

2.1 ▼ -4.5%

Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.9% ▲ +9.4%

Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 31.9%
  • 2016: 29.9%
  • 2021: 34.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 49.5% of families, while those without children account for 38.1%. One-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below the state and national figures.

9.9% ▲ +0.9%

Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.8%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 9.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (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 Victoria Park - Lathlain - Burswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506021123/victoria-park-lathlain-burswood/topic/family-households