1.4 ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5
- 2016: 1.4
- 2021: 1.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Rockingham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Rockingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in East Rockingham than in most similar areas. This is a place of very small households, where the typical home holds only 1.4 people, which is far below the national figure of 2.5.
1.4
▼ -6.7%
- 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 East Rockingham — lower than 99% of areas.
| East Rockingham | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| 6168, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 68% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This means single-person homes are the norm here, while households with four or five people are non-existent.
68.0% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Rockingham, 1 person is the majority at 66%; 2 people is next at 30%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 71.9%. One-parent families represent 14% of the total, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the Western Australian average.
14.0% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Rockingham, Couples without children is the majority at 72%; One-parent families is next at 14%.
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 Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50467/east-rockingham/topic/family-households