2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fremantle · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Fremantle
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 37% of households in Fremantle are made up of just one person, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This makes it an area where people are much more likely to live alone than in most other similar places. The trend has remained steady since 2011.
2.1
→ 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 Fremantle — lower than 89% of areas.
| Fremantle | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6161, WA | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Fremantle are smaller than usual, with just 2.1 people per dwelling compared to the Western Australian figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, which account for 36.9% of the area.
36.9% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fremantle splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.5% of families, while those without children account for 37.5%. One-parent families make up 13.0% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.0% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fremantle, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507021165/fremantle/topic/family-households