1.9 ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Big Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Big Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 45% of people live alone in Big Grove, making it an area where single-person households are far more common than in the rest of the country. This high number of solo residents means the typical home is much smaller than the state or national average, with fewer people sharing each dwelling.
1.9
▼ -17.4%
- 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 Big Grove — lower than 89% of areas.
| Big Grove | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds only 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects the fact that 44.2% of households consist of just one person, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
44.2% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Big Grove, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 4 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 47.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 14.5% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
14.5% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Big Grove, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Big Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50121/big-grove/topic/family-households