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.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Belmont
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of people in Belmont live by themselves, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. This creates a trend of smaller living arrangements, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
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 Belmont — lower than 71% of areas.
| Belmont | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6104, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 34% of the area, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Because so many people live alone, the number of people per home is a little below the national average of 2.5.
34.0% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Belmont splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, making up 16.1% of the total. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
16.1% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Belmont, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50105/belmont/topic/family-households