2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Borden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Borden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller home sizes define Borden, where the typical household is smaller than in most similar areas. While many residents live as couples, there is a notably high proportion of single-parent families compared to other parts of the country.
2.3
—
- 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 Borden — lower than 71% of areas.
| Borden | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6338, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.3, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5. Only 20% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% national average.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Borden, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 44%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the local total, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the 14.1% national figure. Couples with children are the most common family type at 41.9%.
16.1% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Borden splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Borden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50155/borden/topic/family-households