2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ocean Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ocean Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Ocean Beach are couples with children, making it a key residential area for parents. The community follows national patterns closely, with a typical household size of 2.5 people.
2.5
→ 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 Ocean Beach — higher than 50% of areas.
| Ocean Beach | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6333, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.3% of people here live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 39.5% of all homes.
22.3% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ocean Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Couples with or without children account for the vast majority of families here.
9.9% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ocean Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Ocean Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51175/ocean-beach/topic/family-households