2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Burnside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 68% of families in Burnside are couples with children, making it a place dominated by family units. This trend is seen in the large households here, where the typical home holds almost three people.
2.9
—
- 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 Burnside — higher than 81% of areas.
| Burnside | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6285, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Burnside are larger than most, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. Very few people live alone here, at just 13.7%, which is far below the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
13.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burnside, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 6.6% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families are couples, with 28.2% having no children.
6.6% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burnside, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50222/burnside/topic/family-households