2.1 —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rivervale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rivervale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people in Rivervale live alone, which is one of the highest rates for this type of area. This means the typical home is much smaller than those in the rest of the state, with only 2.1 people per household.
2.1
—
- 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 Rivervale — lower than 89% of areas.
| Rivervale | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6103, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 38.5% of all households. This is far above the 25.6% national figure and helps explain why the typical household size is a little below the Australian average.
38.5% —
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rivervale splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.2% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.7%, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average.
12.7% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rivervale, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Rivervale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Rivervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506021311/rivervale/topic/family-households