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.
Glenfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glenfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Glenfield than in most similar areas, with a higher proportion of larger households. The community is mostly made up of families, including a notably high number of single parents compared to the rest 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 Glenfield — higher than 71% of areas.
| Glenfield | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6532, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Glenfield hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 18% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.
18.0% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glenfield, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 16.6% of the total, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
16.6% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenfield, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Glenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50557/glenfield/topic/family-households