Belmont - Victoria Park · Sub-region (SA3)

Family & Households in Belmont - Victoria Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Belmont - Victoria Park than in most similar areas, with 32.9% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a local landscape where smaller living arrangements are common, and the typical home holds only 2.3 people.

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📍 Belmont - Victoria Park, Sub-region (SA3)

Where Belmont - Victoria Park sits — Average household size

2.3 → 0.0%
  • 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 Belmont - Victoria Park — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Belmont - Victoria Park2.3
Greater Perth 2.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A high 32.9% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is well above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home size of 2.3 people is a little below the national figure.

2.3 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.9% ▲ +7.1%

Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 30.7%
  • 2016: 29.5%
  • 2021: 32.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Belmont - Victoria Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 52.3% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.2%. This proportion of single-parent homes is about the same as the state and national figures, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.

13.2% ▼ -10.6%

Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 14.7%
  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 13.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Belmont - Victoria Park, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 32%.

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 Belmont - Victoria Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50602/belmont-victoria-park/topic/family-households