2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beverley · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Beverley than in most other similar areas, with 36.2% of households consisting of a single person. This is 11 percentage points higher than both the Western Australian and national figures. These trends contribute to a smaller typical household size for the town.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Beverley — lower than 81% of areas.
| Beverley | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6304, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home in Beverley has 2.1 people, which is a little below the state and national figure of 2.5. Small households are the norm here, with 41.2% of homes housing two people and 36.2% housing just one.
2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
36.2% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Beverley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the bulk of local families, with 45.2% having children and 42% without. One-parent families account for 10.8% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.8% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Beverley splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Beverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50116/beverley/topic/family-households