2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Picton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Picton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Picton than in most other similar areas. This is a place where one-parent families are far more common than across the state, making up nearly a quarter of all families.
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 Picton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Picton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6229, WA | 1.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Picton are smaller than usual, with 2.1 people per home. This is a little below the figure for both Western Australia and Australia, which are both 2.5.
Household size
View on map →Picton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 3 people (41%), with 1 person at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.8% of the total, a figure that is far above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. Most families here are couples without children (66.7%), while 33.3% are couples with children.
23.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Picton, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with 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 Picton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51238/picton/topic/family-households