2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Iris · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glen Iris
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all households in Glen Iris are couples with children. This makes it a family-focused area where homes are typically larger than in most other parts of the country.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Glen Iris — higher than 71% of areas.
| Glen Iris | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.7 people, which is higher than in most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 20% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
20.0% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glen Iris, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.2% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
19.2% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glen Iris, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Glen Iris [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50553/glen-iris/topic/family-households