Paradise · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Paradise

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Paradise are couples with children, making this the most common family type for the area. It is a residential community where household sizes and the number of people living alone generally match state and national figures.

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📍 Paradise, Suburb / Locality

Where Paradise sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -4.0%
  • 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 Paradise — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Paradise2.4
6236, WA 2.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Paradise has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. Over half of all households contain just two people, while 25.9% of residents live alone.

2.4 ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.9% ▲ +27.5%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.3%
  • 2016: 12.9%
  • 2021: 25.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Paradise, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 24%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 3.5% of the total, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%. Other families are non-existent here, while couples without children account for 48.2% of the family mix.

3.5% ▼ -55.1%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 7.2%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Paradise splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 3%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51202/paradise/topic/family-households