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.
Piesse Brook · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Piesse Brook — higher than 86% of areas.
| Piesse Brook | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6076, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
13.4% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Piesse Brook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 4 people (29%), with 1 person at 14%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Piesse Brook, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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