3.0 —
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roebuck · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Roebuck
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Roebuck, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This trend is driven by a high number of families with children, though the number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2016.
3.0
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- 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 Roebuck — higher than 89% of areas.
| Roebuck | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6725, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 3.0 people live in the typical home, which is a little above the state and national figure of 2.5. While 24.5% of people live alone—a figure that fell slightly since 2016—the largest groups are two-person homes at 26.9% and one-person homes at 24.5%.
24.5% —
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Roebuck splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (24%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This proportion rose by 2.1 percentage points since 2016, contributing to the fact that over half of all families here are couples with children.
29.2% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Roebuck, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 29%.
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 Roebuck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510011266/roebuck/topic/family-households