2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Linfarne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Linfarne
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Linfarne are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area sees a high number of people living alone, yet the typical home still holds more people than the national figure.
2.8
—
- 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 Linfarne — higher than 76% of areas.
| Linfarne | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6258, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Linfarne are slightly larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household. This happens alongside a high proportion of single-person homes, as 33.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Linfarne, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 6.1% of the total, a figure that is well below the 14.1% national average. Meanwhile, couples without children account for 49% of the family breakdown.
6.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Linfarne, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (44%) and One-parent families (6%).
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 Linfarne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50852/linfarne/topic/family-households