2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Furnissdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Furnissdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Furnissdale, where only two people typically share a home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5 people per dwelling, reflecting a community where many residents live alone or in small family groups.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Furnissdale — lower than 86% of areas.
| Furnissdale | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6209, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 41.3% of households consisting of just one person. This is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia, which helps explain why the typical home size is much lower than in most other areas.
41.3% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Furnissdale splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.5% of the community, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. Other family types are common too, with couples without children representing the largest group at 42.5%.
22.5% ▲ +59.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Furnissdale, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Furnissdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50523/furnissdale/topic/family-households