2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Ashfield are couples with children. This is the most common living arrangement in the area, although there is also a notable number of people living on their own. Overall, the typical home size is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Ashfield — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ashfield | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6054, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of residents live alone, which is well above the state and national figures. The typical home has 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
30.2% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ashfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure. Couples with children are the largest group, accounting for 54.2% of families.
17.7% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashfield, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50034/ashfield/topic/family-households