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.
Bluff Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bluff Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Bluff Point than in most other areas, with 37.4% of households consisting of just one person. This makes the area feel less crowded, as the typical home holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Bluff Point — lower than 81% of areas.
| Bluff Point | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6530, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here at 37.4%, far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This high number of solo residents helps explain why the typical home size is much lower than in most other areas.
37.4% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bluff Point splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.1% of families in the area, while those without children account for 43.2%. One-parent families represent 11.7% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
11.7% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bluff Point splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Bluff Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50132/bluff-point/topic/family-households