2.3 ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pegs Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pegs Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Pegs Creek are couples with children, making this the most common household type. Despite this, the area has a much higher share of people living alone than most other places, which keeps the typical home size smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -17.9%
- 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 Pegs Creek — lower than 71% of areas.
| Pegs Creek | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6714, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.7% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home in Pegs Creek holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
34.7% ▲ +90.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pegs Creek, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58% of families here, while couples without children account for 28.2%. One-parent families make up 12.3%, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
12.3% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pegs Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Pegs Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51222/pegs-creek/topic/family-households