3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roelands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Roelands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger home sizes have become a key feature of Roelands since 2011. The area is now shaped by a high number of families, with the typical home holding 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Roelands — higher than 86% of areas.
| Roelands | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6226, WA | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, and only 13.2% of people live alone, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. This is consistent with the fact that 39.2% of households consist of two people and 20.9% have four people.
13.2% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Roelands, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are common in Roelands, with 64.5% of families being couples with children. Only 6.8% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
6.8% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Roelands, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Roelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51307/roelands/topic/family-households