2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rivervale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rivervale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Rivervale, where 38.5% of people live alone. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home here has just 2.1 people, which is lower than the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -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 Rivervale — lower than 81% of areas.
| Rivervale | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6103, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 38.5% of all households. This is far above the 25.6% national figure, and it helps explain why Rivervale's typical household size is only 2.1 people.
38.5% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rivervale splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.7%, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but slightly below the national average of 14.1%.
12.7% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rivervale, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Rivervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51299/rivervale/topic/family-households