2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beresford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beresford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Beresford, where only 2.0 people live in the typical home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a very high number of people living on their own.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Beresford — lower than 86% of areas.
| Beresford | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6530, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 36.9% of households, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the area has much fewer people per home than most other places.
36.9% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Beresford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 20.1% of the total. This is well above the state figure of 13.5%.
20.1% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Beresford splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (37%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Beresford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50112/beresford/topic/family-households