2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunnyside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sunnyside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer people living alone shape daily life in Sunnyside, where most households consist of several people. This is a family-heavy area where 60% of homes are couples with children.
2.9
—
- 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 Sunnyside — higher than 81% of areas.
| Sunnyside | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6256, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical 2.9 people per household. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and only 10.7% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunnyside, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 4 people is next at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 60% having children and 31.3% without. In a striking contrast to the rest of the country, there are no one-parent families here, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunnyside, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Sunnyside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51418/sunnyside/topic/family-households