2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Serpentine · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Serpentine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Serpentine compared to the state or national average. This area is largely made up of family groups, with 58.2% of all households being couples with children.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Serpentine — higher than 71% of areas.
| Serpentine | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6125, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical 2.7 people per household. This is consistent with the fact that only 18.1% of residents live alone, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
18.1% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Serpentine, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, as couples with children make up 58.2% of households. The proportion of one-parent families is just 9.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.1% ▲ +36.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Serpentine, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Serpentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51339/serpentine/topic/family-households