2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shadforth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shadforth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Shadforth, where 13.3% of households are single-person homes. This is far below the national figure of 25.6%, meaning the area is dominated by couples and families living together.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Shadforth — higher than 57% of areas.
| Shadforth | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6333, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Over half of all households consist of two people, while only 13.3% are people living alone, a figure far below the Western Australian average.
13.3% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shadforth, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 3 people is next at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.4% of families here. One-parent families are less common at 9.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.2% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shadforth, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Shadforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51342/shadforth/topic/family-households