2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cervantes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cervantes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Cervantes, where only 2.0 people typically live in each home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a community where many residents live independently.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Cervantes — lower than 86% of areas.
| Cervantes | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6511, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high number of people live alone here, making up 36.9% of households, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Two-person homes are the most common, accounting for 39.5% of all households.
36.9% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cervantes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children (45.7%) and couples with children (45.0%) make up the bulk of families. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.6%, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.6% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Cervantes splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Cervantes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50279/cervantes/topic/family-households