3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harrisdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harrisdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Harrisdale than in the typical Australian household. This is a family-focused area where 75.8% of homes are couples with children, and very few people live by themselves.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Harrisdale — higher than 89% of areas.
| Harrisdale | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 6112, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.2 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 10.9% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.9% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harrisdale, the largest group is 4 people at 31%, followed by 2 people (23%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples with children, and the 9.1% of one-parent families is well below the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
9.1% ▲ +51.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harrisdale, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
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 Harrisdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50613/harrisdale/topic/family-households