2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oldbury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oldbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and a high number of couples with children define daily life in Oldbury. More than half of all families here include children, contributing to a typical home size that is higher than most areas.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 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 Oldbury — higher than 57% of areas.
| Oldbury | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6121, WA | 3.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes have two people (39.0%), while 21.9% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. With 2.6 people per home, household sizes are higher than most areas.
21.9% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oldbury, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.0% of families, while 40.0% are couples without children. One-parent families represent only 7.8%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.8% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oldbury, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Oldbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51179/oldbury/topic/family-households