3.2 → 0.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oakford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 68.5% of families in Oakford, making it a strong stronghold for family life. This is a place of large households, where the typical home holds far more people than the national figure.
3.2
→ 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 Oakford — higher than 89% of areas.
| Oakford | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 6121, WA | 3.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, Oakford has some of the highest household sizes in the region, well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 10% of people live alone, which is far below the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
10.0% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oakford, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.2% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families are couples, with 68.5% raising children and 23.8% without children.
7.2% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakford, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Oakford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51174/oakford/topic/family-households