2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ocean Reef · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ocean Reef
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Ocean Reef than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused neighbourhood where only 12.4% of households consist of a single person, a figure far below the national average.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Reef — higher than 81% of areas.
| Ocean Reef | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6027, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with a typical size of 2.9 people compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 35.1% of households house two people and 21.8% house four.
12.4% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ocean Reef, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 66%. One-parent families account for only 8.4%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.4% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ocean Reef, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51176/ocean-reef/topic/family-households