Peppermint Grove Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Peppermint Grove Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live alone in Peppermint Grove Beach than in most similar areas. This is a place where family units are common, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children.

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📍 Peppermint Grove Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Peppermint Grove Beach sits — Average household size

2.4 ▲ +4.3%
  • 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 Peppermint Grove Beach — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Peppermint Grove Beach2.4
6271, WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 20.2% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.4 ▲ +4.3%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.2% ▲ +10.0%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.4%
  • 2016: 20.9%
  • 2021: 20.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Peppermint Grove Beach, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 50.5% of families, while 40.7% are couples without children. One-parent families are much less common here at 8.0%, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.

8.0% ▼ -45.9%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.8%
  • 2016: 13.6%
  • 2021: 8.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Peppermint Grove Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 41%.

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 Peppermint Grove Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51226/peppermint-grove-beach/topic/family-households