Eighty Mile Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Eighty Mile Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost half of all homes in Eighty Mile Beach are occupied by people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area's households much smaller than most, with only 2.0 people per home.

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📍 Eighty Mile Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Eighty Mile Beach sits — Average household size

2.0
  • 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 Eighty Mile Beach — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Eighty Mile Beach2.0
6725, WA 2.7
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 48% of people live alone, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why household sizes are well below the national figure of 2.5 people per home.

2.0

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.6
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

48.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 43.6%
  • 2021: 48.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Eighty Mile Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 66.7% having no children.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Eighty Mile Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 35%.

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 Eighty Mile Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50477/eighty-mile-beach/topic/family-households