Perillup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Perillup

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live in each home in Perillup than in most similar areas. This sparsely populated place is shaped by small household sizes and a total absence of one-parent families.

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📍 Perillup, Suburb / Locality

Where Perillup sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Perillup — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Perillup2.1
6324, WA 2.4
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With just 2.1 people per home, households here are smaller than the typical Western Australian or Australian home, where the figure is 2.5.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Perillup splits fairly evenly between 1 person (50%) and 2 people (50%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families are almost exclusively couples, with 50% having children and 46.2% without. There are no one-parent families here, which is far below the 14.1% national figure.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Perillup, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 48%.

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 Perillup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51228/perillup/topic/family-households