2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bassendean · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bassendean
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Bassendean are couples with children. While family life is common, the area also has a very high number of people living on their own, making the typical home smaller than those in most other areas.
2.3
→ 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 Bassendean — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bassendean | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6054, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 31.7% of households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the usual home in Bassendean has 2.3 people, which is a little below the state and national average of 2.5.
31.7% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bassendean splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 56.8%. One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Western Australian average.
13.4% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bassendean, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50078/bassendean/topic/family-households