2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arthur River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arthur River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.6% of families in Arthur River, making them the most common household type. This is a place where family life is central, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
→ 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 Arthur River — lower than 57% of areas.
| Arthur River | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6315, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. Only 17.9% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
17.9% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Arthur River splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (20%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 5.5% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
5.5% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arthur River, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Arthur River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50030/arthur-river/topic/family-households