2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parmelia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parmelia
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-parent homes defines daily life in Parmelia, where 24.6% of families are led by one parent. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. While the typical home holds about 2.5 people, there is a notable mix of small and large households across the suburb.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Parmelia — higher than 50% of areas.
| Parmelia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6167, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 29.5% of people living alone, which is well above the Western Australian average. Two-person households are the most frequent at 32.2%, while the typical home size of 2.5 people is about the same as the rest of the state.
29.5% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Parmelia splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, but Parmelia has a very high rate of one-parent families. At 24.6%, this is far above both the state and national figures, which sit around 14%.
24.6% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parmelia, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families 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 Parmelia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51210/parmelia/topic/family-households