2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bentley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bentley
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant shift in living arrangements has seen Bentley become a place where many more people now live alone. Nearly 39% of households are single-person homes, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has made the typical home in Bentley 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 Bentley — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bentley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6102, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 38.9% of the area, which is among the highest rate for similar places. Because of this, the typical home has only 2.3 people, a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.5.
38.9% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bentley, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children (45.3%) and couples without children (33.9%).
15.6% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bentley, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Bentley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50111/bentley/topic/family-households