2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laverton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Laverton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone or in single-parent homes in Laverton than in most similar areas. While the typical home has 2.4 people, the community is split between a high number of solo dwellers and families with children.
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 Laverton — lower than 57% of areas.
| Laverton | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6440, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 40% of people here live alone, a figure far above the national level of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical household size is 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
39.5% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laverton, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 26.8% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 39.4%.
26.8% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laverton, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50836/laverton/topic/family-households