1.7 ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ledge Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ledge Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Ledge Point than is typical for the state. The area has a very high number of small households, with the typical home holding only 1.7 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.7
▼ -19.0%
- 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 Ledge Point — lower than 94% of areas.
| Ledge Point | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 6043, WA | 1.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than elsewhere, accounting for 38.3% of households. This is 13 percentage points higher than in Western Australia and Australia, and helps explain why 56.5% of homes house only two people.
38.3% ▲ +45.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ledge Point, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 38%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 67.8%. One-parent families account for 10.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and around the middle for similar areas.
10.5% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ledge Point, Couples without children is the majority at 71%; Couples with children is next at 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 Ledge Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50839/ledge-point/topic/family-households