2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stirling
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Stirling compared to the rest of the country, with only 17.9% of households consisting of one person. This area is mostly made up of family groups, with a typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Stirling — higher than 71% of areas.
| Stirling | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6021, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Stirling are larger than in most areas, with 33.9% housing two people and 21.2% housing four. The proportion of people living alone is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.9% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stirling, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.9%, while one-parent families are much less common here than across Australia, sitting well below the national figure at 8.9%.
8.9% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stirling, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51405/stirling/topic/family-households