2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southern Cross · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Southern Cross
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 42% of people live alone in Southern Cross, which is a far higher rate than the national figure. This creates a community where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding only two people.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Southern Cross — lower than 86% of areas.
| Southern Cross | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6426, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 42.8% of households consisting of one person. Because of this, the typical home holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5.
42.8% ▲ +40.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Southern Cross, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 44.3%. One-parent families account for 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the state and national figures.
15.2% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Southern Cross splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Southern Cross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51393/southern-cross/topic/family-households