3.3 ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southern River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Southern River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three quarters of all families in Southern River are couples with children, making it a place dominated by larger households. With a typical home holding 3.3 people, it is well above the national figure of 2.5. This high number of residents per roof is reflected in the very small number of people living alone.
3.3
▲ +6.5%
- 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 River — higher than 91% of areas.
| Southern River | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 6110, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 27.4% of households containing four people. Only 11.4% of residents live alone, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
11.4% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Southern River splits fairly evenly between 4 people (27%) and 2 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is mostly centred on couples with children, who make up 75.5% of all families. Single-parent families account for 9.2%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.2% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southern River, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next 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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51394/southern-river/topic/family-households