3.1 ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Plantations
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in each home in South Plantations, which is a little above the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the highest density of people per household at this level. Most of these homes are occupied by couples with children.
3.1
▼ -6.1%
- 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 South Plantations — higher than 88% of areas.
| South Plantations | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per dwelling. While 25% of people live alone—about the same as the national figure—17.3% of households contain six or more people.
25.0% ▲ +57.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Plantations splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.3% of families. One-parent families account for 15.7% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the state figure.
15.7% ▲ +120.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Plantations, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51382/south-plantations/topic/family-households