2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boulder · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boulder
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of the families in Boulder consist of couples with children, making it the most common home type. The area is marked by a higher-than-usual number of people living alone and one-parent families compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Boulder — lower than 57% of areas.
| Boulder | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6432, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of people in Boulder live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian average of 2.5.
30.2% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Boulder splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
18.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boulder, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50159/boulder/topic/family-households