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.
Bicton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bicton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people now live alone in Bicton than in previous years, with 31% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has shifted the area toward smaller living arrangements, as the typical home now holds fewer people than the state and national figures.
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 Bicton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bicton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6157, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bicton are smaller than most, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is partly because 31% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average.
31.0% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bicton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.1% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.5%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.5% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bicton, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Bicton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50119/bicton/topic/family-households