2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harvey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harvey
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of people in Harvey live alone, with 28.4% of households consisting of a single person. This is higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Western Australian figure. While single-person homes are common, the overall household size in the town remains typical for the state.
2.5
→ 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 Harvey — higher than 50% of areas.
| Harvey | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6220, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Harvey holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 35.1% of homes have two people, the high rate of people living alone makes single-person households the second most common type.
28.4% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harvey, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.2% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.2% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harvey, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Harvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50615/harvey/topic/family-households