2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Perth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Perth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households have become more common in South Perth, where 36.7% of people now live alone. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, marking the area as a place with a high number of single-person homes. Most homes here are small, typically holding just two people.
2.1
→ 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 South Perth — lower than 81% of areas.
| South Perth | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6151, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in South Perth holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 36.7% of people live alone, a figure far above the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
36.7% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Perth splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.3% of families, while couples without children account for 39.6%. One-parent families make up 9.1%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.1% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Perth, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51381/south-perth/topic/family-households