2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Latham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Latham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are a defining feature of Latham, where the number of people living in each home is much lower than in most similar areas. Only 2.1 people typically live in each dwelling, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.1
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- 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 Latham — lower than 81% of areas.
| Latham | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6616, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.1 people per home, households here are smaller than the national figure of 2.5. This trend is consistent across the state, where the Western Australian average is also 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Latham, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 52.0%, while 28.0% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.0%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.0% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Latham, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Latham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50834/latham/topic/family-households