2.6 ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fitzroy Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fitzroy Crossing
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Fitzroy Crossing than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.6 people, the community is marked by a high number of single-person households and a very high rate of one-parent families.
2.6
▼ -18.8%
- 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 Fitzroy Crossing — higher than 57% of areas.
| Fitzroy Crossing | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6765, WA | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes is a standout feature compared to most other areas.
33.8% ▲ +47.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fitzroy Crossing splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.1% of the total, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, at 48.4%.
27.1% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fitzroy Crossing, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (27%) and Couples without children (18%).
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 Fitzroy Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50508/fitzroy-crossing/topic/family-households