Beechina · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Beechina

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the largest group in Beechina, where 62.6% of families fit this category. This is a place where households are generally larger than in most other areas, though there is also a notable number of people living on their own.

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📍 Beechina, Suburb / Locality

Where Beechina sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Beechina — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Beechina2.7
6556, WA 2.7
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Beechina holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. About 28.3% of residents live alone, a rate a little above the Western Australian average.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.3%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 28.8%
  • 2021: 28.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Beechina splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 62.6% raising children and 26.3% without children.

10.1%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.4%
  • 2021: 10.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Beechina, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Beechina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50094/beechina/topic/family-households