2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alfred Cove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alfred Cove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Alfred Cove have remained steady, with the typical home now housing 2.6 people. This is slightly higher than the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a place where larger households are more common than in many other areas.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Alfred Cove — higher than 57% of areas.
| Alfred Cove | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6154, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.2% of homes are shared by two people, while 23.6% are occupied by a single person. This rate of people living alone is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.6% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alfred Cove, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.1%, followed by couples without children at 24.8%. One-parent families account for 11.3% of the total, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.3% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alfred Cove, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Alfred Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50010/alfred-cove/topic/family-households