2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kelmscott · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kelmscott
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift in home life has seen Kelmscott grow more diverse in its household types since 2011. The area now has a notably high number of one-parent families, reaching 20.3%. While most homes follow a typical pattern, there is a strong presence of people living on their own.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Kelmscott — lower than 57% of areas.
| Kelmscott | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6111, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.9% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home size is 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
29.9% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kelmscott splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the local total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. More than half of all families are couples with children, while 27.3% are couples without children.
20.3% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kelmscott, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Kelmscott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50748/kelmscott/topic/family-households