Piesse Brook · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Piesse Brook

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger homes have become more common in Piesse Brook since 2011. The area is now defined by a high number of families with children, making it much more likely for households to be larger than the national typical.

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📍 Piesse Brook, Suburb / Locality

Where Piesse Brook sits — Average household size

3.0 ▲ +7.1%
  • 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 Piesse Brook — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Piesse Brook3.0
6076, WA 2.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are bigger than usual, with 3.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with only 13.4% of people living alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.0 ▲ +7.1%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.4% ▼ -20.2%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.8%
  • 2016: 19.0%
  • 2021: 13.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Piesse Brook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 4 people (29%), with 1 person at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 63.8%. One-parent families are less common here at 7.3%, a figure well below the 14.1% national average.

7.3% ▲ +28.8%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.7%
  • 2016: 9.8%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Piesse Brook, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Piesse Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51240/piesse-brook/topic/family-households