2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Lake · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Lake
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure, one-parent families make up 17.7% of households in South Lake. This gap marks the area as a place with a notably different family makeup than the rest of Western Australia. Most homes here are family-based, with more than half being couples with children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 South Lake — higher than 57% of areas.
| South Lake | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6164, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in South Lake hold 2.6 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. About 22.7% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
22.7% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Lake, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most frequent family type, making up 56% of the total.
17.7% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Lake, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 South Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51377/south-lake/topic/family-households