2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmyra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palmyra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Palmyra than in most similar areas, with 36.3% of households consisting of just one person. This contributes to the area having smaller homes overall, with the typical household holding only 2.2 people.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Palmyra — lower than 76% of areas.
| Palmyra | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6157, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households are much more common here than elsewhere, sitting far above the national figure of 25.6%. This explains why the 2.2 people per home is a little below the 2.5 seen across Australia and Western Australia.
36.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Palmyra splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.9% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and a little above the 14.1% national average. Most families here are couples with children, who make up 56% of the total.
15.9% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palmyra, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Palmyra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51197/palmyra/topic/family-households