2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Perup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Perup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living together in groups is the norm in Perup, where few people reside alone. The area is dominated by couples, with the typical home holding 2.5 people, matching both state and national figures.
2.5
—
- 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 Perup — higher than 50% of areas.
| Perup | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6258, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.2% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure. Most homes are small, with 42.3% containing two people and only 19.2% housing a single person.
19.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Perup, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families, with 57.7% having children and 41.4% without. One-parent families make up just 5.4%, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
5.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Perup, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Perup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51232/perup/topic/family-households