2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Somerville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Somerville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Somerville than in the typical Western Australian home. This area is defined by larger households, with nearly 70% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.8
→ 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 Somerville — higher than 76% of areas.
| Somerville | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6430, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than most, with 2.8 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 21.3% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
21.3% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Somerville, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 7.9%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
7.9% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Somerville, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Somerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51359/somerville/topic/family-households