Hazelmere · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Hazelmere

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Hazelmere, where roughly one third of residents live on their own. This makes the area feel less crowded than other parts of the state, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.

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Where Hazelmere sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -4.3%
  • 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 Hazelmere — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Hazelmere2.2
6055, WA 2.9
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A high number of people live alone here, at 33.4%, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical household size of 2.2 people is lower than most other areas.

2.2 ▼ -4.3%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.4% ▲ +1.9%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.8%
  • 2016: 37.5%
  • 2021: 33.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Hazelmere splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 47.2% of families in Hazelmere. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.

14.8% ▲ +12.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.2%
  • 2016: 12.1%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Hazelmere, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (15%).

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 Hazelmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50620/hazelmere/topic/family-households