2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Perth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Perth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 58.3% of the family landscape in North Perth. This is a place where small households are common, with a notably high number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
→ 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 North Perth — lower than 71% of areas.
| North Perth | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6006, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in North Perth are smaller than most, with 2.3 people per household. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and 30.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
30.4% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Perth splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
While couples with children are the most common family type, one-parent families make up 9.4% of the total. This is well below the Western Australian average of 13.5%.
9.4% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Perth, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 North Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51147/north-perth/topic/family-households