2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bayswater - Bassendean · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Bayswater - Bassendean
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Bayswater - Bassendean are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area is seeing a shift toward smaller living arrangements, with a high number of people living on their own. This has led to a typical home size that is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Bayswater - Bassendean — lower than 86% of areas.
| Bayswater - Bassendean | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 30% of people here live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has just 2.3 people, which is a little below the 2.5 seen across Australia.
29.8% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bayswater - Bassendean splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.5% of families, while those without children account for 29.2%. One-parent families represent 13.7% of the total, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
13.7% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bayswater - Bassendean, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Bayswater - Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50401/bayswater-bassendean/topic/family-households