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Bushmead · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bushmead

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all families in Bushmead are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. This focus on families is reflected in the low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Bushmead, Suburb / Locality

Where Bushmead sits — Average household size

2.5 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bushmead — higher than 50% of areas.

Bushmead2.5
6055, WA 2.9
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Bushmead holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 17.6% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the 25.4% seen across Western Australia.

Household size

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In Bushmead, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).

2 people 43.5% 3 people 21.4% 1 person 17.6% 4 people 13.4% 5 people 5.7% 6 or more 1.9%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 55.3% of families here, while 34.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 9.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

Family composition

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In Bushmead, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.

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 Bushmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50227/bushmead/topic/family-households