Greenhills · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Greenhills

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are now living together in Greenhills than in previous years. This shift toward larger households is most evident in the high number of families with children, who make up over half of the local homes.

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📍 Greenhills, Suburb / Locality

Where Greenhills sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 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 Greenhills — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Greenhills2.8
6302, WA 2.2
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Greenhills are more crowded than most, with a typical 2.8 people per household. This is a little above the figure for both Western Australia and Australia, which sit at 2.5.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Greenhills, 1 person is the majority at 56%; 2 people is next at 44%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life here is dominated by couples, with 52.9% raising children and 38.2% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Greenhills, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 42%.

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 Greenhills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50584/greenhills/topic/family-households