Pickering Brook · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pickering Brook

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the largest group in Pickering Brook, representing 57.8% of all families. This is a place where larger households are more common than in most other areas. Most homes are shared, with very few people living by themselves.

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📍 Pickering Brook, Suburb / Locality

Where Pickering Brook sits — Average household size

2.7 → 0.0%
  • 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 Pickering Brook — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pickering Brook2.7
6076, WA 2.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. Only 19.2% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.

2.7 → 0.0%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.2% ▼ -5.8%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.4%
  • 2016: 19.6%
  • 2021: 19.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Pickering Brook, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 13.7% of the area, which is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the 13.5% seen across Western Australia.

13.7% ▲ +18.9%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.5%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 13.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pickering Brook, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Pickering Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51237/pickering-brook/topic/family-households