Siesta Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Siesta Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples make up the vast majority of homes in Siesta Park, where nearly half of all families are couples with children. This small area has a very low number of single parents compared to other parts of the country. The typical household is small, with just 2.1 people per home.

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📍 Siesta Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Siesta Park sits — Average household size

2.1 —
  • 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 Siesta Park — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Siesta Park2.1
6280, WA 2.4
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Most homes here house two people, making up 56.5% of the total. This helps explain why the 2.1 people per home is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and why the 17.4% of people living alone is well below the Australian average.

2.1 —

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.4% —

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 39.1%
  • 2021: 17.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Siesta Park, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 4 people is next at 23%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with and without children each make up 47.4% of families in the area. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Siesta Park splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).

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 Siesta Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51350/siesta-park/topic/family-households