2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fremantle · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Fremantle
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Fremantle than in most similar areas, with 32.1% of households consisting of just one person. This contributes to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
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 Fremantle — lower than 86% of areas.
| Fremantle | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6% that has remained steady since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common at 35.2%, helping explain why households here are smaller than in most other areas.
32.1% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fremantle splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.3% of families, while 31.8% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.0%, which is lower than most areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.0% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fremantle, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50702/fremantle/topic/family-households