2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Perth - Inner · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Perth - Inner
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living patterns in Perth - Inner have remained remarkably steady since 2011. This area is defined by a high number of single-person households, with 32.4% of people living alone. These trends contribute to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Perth - Inner — lower than 86% of areas.
| Perth - Inner | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 32.4% of people living alone, this area has one of the highest rates of single-person homes. This helps explain why the typical home holds just 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
32.4% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 93% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Perth - Inner splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are dominated by couples, with 57.7% having children and 31.8% without. One-parent families make up only 9.2% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.2% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Perth - Inner, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Perth - Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/503/perth-inner/topic/family-households