2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gooseberry Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gooseberry Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group in Gooseberry Hill, accounting for 59.2% of families. The area is mostly made up of larger family units, which helps explain why it has fewer people living alone than most other areas.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Gooseberry Hill — higher than 57% of areas.
| Gooseberry Hill | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6076, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 18.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national rates.
18.5% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gooseberry Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up just 6.2% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. Other families are rare at only 0.3%.
6.2% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gooseberry Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Gooseberry Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50571/gooseberry-hill/topic/family-households