3.2 ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Piara Waters · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Piara Waters
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people live in the typical home in Piara Waters, making it one of the most crowded residential areas in the region. This high density is driven by a huge number of families with children, creating a community where very few people live alone.
3.2
▲ +14.3%
- 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 Piara Waters — higher than 89% of areas.
| Piara Waters | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 6112, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with a typical size of 3.2 people compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.2% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.2% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Piara Waters, the largest group is 4 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 2 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 77.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 7.3% of the total, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
7.3% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Piara Waters, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
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 Piara Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51234/piara-waters/topic/family-households