2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pelican Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pelican Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the homes in Pelican Point are lived in by couples with children, making it a strong family hub. While the typical home has 2.5 people, far fewer residents live alone here compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Pelican Point — higher than 50% of areas.
| Pelican Point | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20% of households consist of one person, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 45.4% of the total.
19.9% ▲ +51.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pelican Point, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 5.8% of the area, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 53.7% having children and 40.8% without.
5.8% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pelican Point, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Pelican Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51223/pelican-point/topic/family-households