2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lathlain · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lathlain
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower rates of one-parent families set Lathlain apart from the rest of the state and country. While the area has a diverse mix of home sizes, it is especially known for a higher number of people living alone compared to other similar suburbs.
2.4
→ 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 Lathlain — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lathlain | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6100, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of people here live alone, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. The typical home has 2.4 people, while two-person households are the most common at 33%.
28.5% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lathlain splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.4% of families, while one-parent families account for 9.4%. This last figure is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.4% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lathlain, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Lathlain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50835/lathlain/topic/family-households