2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blythewood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blythewood
How families and households are made up across the area.
A small population of single-person homes has become the defining feature of Blythewood. Nearly 44% of all households are people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This has left the area with a much smaller typical household size than most other places.
2.1
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- 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 Blythewood — lower than 81% of areas.
| Blythewood | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6208, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Blythewood has a very high rate of people living alone at 43.6%, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Because of this, the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
43.6% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blythewood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (40%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 45.9%, while couples with children account for 39.3%. One-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.8% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blythewood, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Blythewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50133/blythewood/topic/family-households