2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greenbushes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greenbushes
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Greenbushes, where 41.1% of people now live alone. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as a place of very small households.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Greenbushes — lower than 86% of areas.
| Greenbushes | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6254, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small homes are the norm in Greenbushes, with only 2.0 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 41.1% of residents live alone, which is among the highest rates for similar areas.
41.1% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Greenbushes splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (36%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families here are couples with children (51.0%), while 39.0% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 10.8% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.8% ▼ -38.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greenbushes, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Greenbushes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50582/greenbushes/topic/family-households