2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashby
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Ashby than in most other similar areas, with 30.8% of households consisting of just one person. This shift towards smaller living arrangements defines the local landscape. While many homes still house families, there is a notable trend toward single-person households compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
▼ -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 Ashby — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ashby | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6065, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ashby holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.5. However, 30.8% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
30.8% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ashby splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57%. Single-parent families account for 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the 14.1% national average.
15.2% ▲ +91.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashby, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Ashby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50032/ashby/topic/family-households