2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shelley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shelley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.7% of the local mix, making Shelley a place where family life is the dominant story. This strong family focus is reflected in the homes, which tend to hold more people than those in most other areas.
2.7
→ 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 Shelley — higher than 71% of areas.
| Shelley | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6148, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This explains why only 19.4% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national averages.
19.4% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shelley, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common here, while one-parent families make up 9.7% of the total. This proportion is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
9.7% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shelley, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Shelley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51345/shelley/topic/family-households