2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferguson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ferguson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Ferguson than in most other areas, making it a place where shared households are the norm. With a typical home holding 2.4 people, it closely mirrors the state and national figures. This creates a community where the majority of residents live with a partner or family member.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Ferguson — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ferguson | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6236, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Ferguson house two people, accounting for 54.2% of households. Only 18.1% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.1% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferguson, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the bulk of the local families, with 49.2% having children and 45.8% without. One-parent families make up just 7.3% of the total, a figure well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.3% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ferguson splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 Ferguson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50501/ferguson/topic/family-households