2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jarrahmond · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Jarrahmond
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Jarrahmond compared to most similar areas. The area is dominated by family units, with the typical home housing 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
2.4
—
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Jarrahmond — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes (48.8%) house two people, while only 20.9% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
20.9% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Jarrahmond, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 58.2% of families being couples with children. Notably, one-parent families make up only 4.4% of the total, a figure well below the state and national averages.
4.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jarrahmond, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Jarrahmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21258/jarrahmond/topic/family-households