2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parkfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parkfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Parkfield, making it a place where larger households are common. Most residents live in family groups, with a notably high number of single parents compared to other areas.
2.9
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- 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 Parkfield — higher than 81% of areas.
| Parkfield | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6233, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15% of people here live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the average household size of 2.9 people is a little above the Australian average.
15.0% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Parkfield, the largest group is 3 people at 35%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of families. One-parent families represent 17.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
17.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parkfield, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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 Parkfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51207/parkfield/topic/family-households