2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swan Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swan Marsh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Swan Marsh than in most similar areas, reflecting a community built around larger family groups. With 66.3% of families being couples with children, the typical home here is busier and more crowded than the national average.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 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 Swan Marsh — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is driven by the fact that only 13.0% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% national average.
13.0% ▼ -42.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swan Marsh, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children (66.3%), while one-parent families make up just 5.1%. This last figure is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
5.1% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swan Marsh, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Swan Marsh
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Swan Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22408/swan-marsh/topic/family-households