2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prevelly · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Prevelly
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Prevelly than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the small typical household size of 2.3 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Prevelly — lower than 71% of areas.
| Prevelly | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6285, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.2% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Two-person households are the most common at 39.1%, while those with six or more people make up only 4.3%.
36.2% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Prevelly splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.1% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 43.6% having no children and 36.8% having children.
23.1% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prevelly, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (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 Prevelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51264/prevelly/topic/family-households