2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St James · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St James
How families and households are made up across the area.
Higher than most similar areas, 30.1% of households in St James consist of a single person. This creates a distinct mix of living arrangements where one-person homes are nearly as common as two-person homes. Overall, the area follows typical patterns for family size and composition.
2.4
→ 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 St James — lower than 57% of areas.
| St James | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6102, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home holds about 2.4 people—roughly the same as the state and national figures—single-person households are much more common here than in most other areas. About 30.1% of homes are occupied by one person, while 32.9% hold two people.
30.1% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →St James splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.4%, while couples without children account for 30%. One-parent families represent 13.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state average.
13.7% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St James, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 St James [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51402/st-james/topic/family-households