Guilderton · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Guilderton

How families and households are made up across the area.

Few places like Guilderton have such a high proportion of people living alone. This creates a small-scale community where the typical home holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Guilderton, Suburb / Locality

Where Guilderton sits — Average household size

2.0 → 0.0%
  • 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 Guilderton — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Guilderton2.0
6041, WA 2.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 40.3% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This explains why homes here are much smaller than in most areas, with 45.2% of households containing only two people.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.3% ▲ +109.7%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.2%
  • 2016: 34.8%
  • 2021: 40.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Guilderton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (45%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 10%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 25.3% of the local mix, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 56.3%.

25.3% ▲ +81.2%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.0%
  • 2016: 18.1%
  • 2021: 25.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Guilderton, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 23%.

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 Guilderton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50593/guilderton/topic/family-households