1.8 ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Preston Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Preston Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in Preston Beach are occupied by people living alone. This makes it a place with very small households, where the typical home holds fewer people than the state or national figures.
1.8
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Preston Beach — lower than 91% of areas.
| Preston Beach | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6215, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of single-person households, which make up 39.6% of the area—far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
39.6% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Preston Beach, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 41%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 68.6%. One-parent families account for 12.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national average.
12.4% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Preston Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 66%; Couples with children is next at 22%.
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 Preston Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51262/preston-beach/topic/family-households