2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beacon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beacon
How families and households are made up across the area.
A small number of homes make up Beacon, where living arrangements have remained steady over the last decade. Most people live in two-person households, though nearly 28% of the community lives alone, which is a little above the national figure.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Beacon — higher than 50% of areas.
| Beacon | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6472, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Beacon holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 40.4%, while 27.7% of residents live alone.
27.7% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beacon, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56% of families here. Only 7.1% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
7.1% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beacon, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Beacon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50085/beacon/topic/family-households