2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Calista · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Calista
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Calista than in previous years, with single-person households now making up 33.3% of the area. This shift is part of a broader trend toward smaller living arrangements, even as one-parent families become more common. The community is now marked by a high number of sole occupants and a significant presence of single-parent homes.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Calista — lower than 64% of areas.
| Calista | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6170, WA | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This has risen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011, while the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly to 2.4.
33.3% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Calista splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.7% of the local total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011, and is among the highest rates for similar areas.
24.7% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Calista, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Calista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507031170/calista/topic/family-households