2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beckenham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beckenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Beckenham than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused suburb where the typical household has 2.7 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures.
2.7
→ 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 Beckenham — higher than 71% of areas.
| Beckenham | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6107, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often larger than usual, with 30.5% of households housing two people and 15% housing four. About 24.1% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the state and national rates.
24.1% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beckenham, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.8%. One-parent families account for 13.9% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.9% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beckenham, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Beckenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50090/beckenham/topic/family-households