2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leeming · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leeming
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people per home make Leeming a place where large households are common. It is a family-focused suburb where few people live alone and most homes are occupied by couples with children.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Leeming — higher than 76% of areas.
| Leeming | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6149, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, Leeming has a much higher density per dwelling than most areas and is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 14.9% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.9% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leeming, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 64.6%. One-parent families are less common here at 8.7%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.7% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leeming, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Leeming [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50842/leeming/topic/family-households