2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a key feature of daily life in Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas. The community is heavily weighted toward families, with few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne — higher than 79% of areas.
| Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6148, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are a little larger than the state and national figures, and this size has edged up since 2011. Only 20.3% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure.
20.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 68.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.0% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.0% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506031129/riverton-shelley-rossmoyne/topic/family-households