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.
Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Guildford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 30% of people in Guildford live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to most other areas. The community is a mix of family homes and single-person households.
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 Guildford — lower than 71% of areas.
| Guildford | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6055, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Guildford has 2.3 people, which is a little below the state and national figures of 2.5. This is partly because 29.9% of households are people living alone, a rate well above both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
29.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Guildford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 57.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.6%, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.6% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Guildford, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50594/guildford/topic/family-households