2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greenfields · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greenfields
How families and households are made up across the area.
A third of all households in Greenfields are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to most other areas. The community sees a high proportion of single-person homes and one-parent families.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Greenfields — lower than 71% of areas.
| Greenfields | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6210, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.3, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5. This reflects the 33% of residents living alone, a rate much higher than most areas.
33.0% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Greenfields splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Other common setups include couples with children at 44.3% and couples without children at 32.5%.
22.0% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greenfields, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (32%) 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 Greenfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50583/greenfields/topic/family-households