2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Derby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Derby
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Derby than in most similar areas. This trend is part of a broader shift in the community, where one-parent families are now far more common than the national figure.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Derby — higher than 50% of areas.
| Derby | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6728, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.9% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. Despite this, the typical home in Derby still holds 2.5 people, matching both the state and national average.
34.9% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Derby splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.2% of the community, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.9%.
24.2% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Derby, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50405/derby/topic/family-households