1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Peaceful Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Peaceful Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become more common in Peaceful Bay since 2011. The area is now defined by very small home sizes, with a typical 1.8 people per dwelling—well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 Peaceful Bay — lower than 91% of areas.
| Peaceful Bay | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6333, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 40% of people here live alone, which is far above the Western Australian and national figures. This explains why homes are smaller than most areas, with only 9.1% of households containing four people.
39.4% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Peaceful Bay, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples without children, while one-parent families make up 17.6% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is much higher than in most other areas.
17.6% ▲ +88.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Peaceful Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (32%) and One-parent families (18%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Peaceful Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Peaceful Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51217/peaceful-bay/topic/family-households