1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Perth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Perth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty percent of people in East Perth live alone, making it an area with very few people per home. This high number of single-person households creates a distinct living pattern compared to the rest of the state. The typical home here is much smaller than the national average.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 East Perth — lower than 91% of areas.
| East Perth | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6004, WA | 1.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With just 1.8 people per home, East Perth is well below the Western Australian and national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 40.6% of households are one person, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
40.6% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Perth splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (41%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 56.5% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 8.7%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.7% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Perth, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 32%.
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 East Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50464/east-perth/topic/family-households