2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boya · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boya
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Boya are couples with children, making this the most common living arrangement in the area. The community is largely residential and family-oriented, with a typical household size that matches both the state and national figures.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Boya — higher than 50% of areas.
| Boya | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6056, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.5 people live in each home, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. Those living alone make up 22.7% of households, a figure slightly below the national average of 25.6%.
22.7% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boya, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.3% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most other families consist of couples, with 30.8% having no children.
7.3% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boya, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Boya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50168/boya/topic/family-households