2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Scarborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Scarborough than in most similar areas, with 34.4% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a distinct profile where homes are generally smaller and house fewer people than the state and national figures.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Scarborough — lower than 81% of areas.
| Scarborough | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6019, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Scarborough holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, which sit well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
34.4% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Scarborough splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.2% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the Australian average.
13.2% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scarborough, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51330/scarborough/topic/family-households