2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alexander Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alexander Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Alexander Heights, where nearly three people typically live in each home. This area has a strong focus on family life, with a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Alexander Heights — higher than 81% of areas.
| Alexander Heights | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6064, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical size of 2.9 people, homes here are a little larger than those in Western Australia and across the country. Only 18.1% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.1% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alexander Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.8%. Single-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, accounting for 15.7% of the total.
15.7% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alexander Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Alexander Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50008/alexander-heights/topic/family-households