3.5 ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sturt Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sturt Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Sturt Creek have remained consistently large since 2011. This is a community where the typical home holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.5
▼ -22.2%
- 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 Sturt Creek — higher than 95% of areas.
| Sturt Creek | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 6770, WA | 3.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than in most areas, with 16.3% of households containing six or more people. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 18.6%, which is well below the national average.
18.6% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sturt Creek splits fairly evenly between 4 people (21%) and 1 person (18%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common, as 64.9% of households are couples with children. Notably, one-parent families make up 20.2% of the community, a figure well above both the state and national levels.
20.2% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sturt Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; One-parent families 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 Sturt Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51415/sturt-creek/topic/family-households