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.
Sunset Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sunset Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Sunset Beach are couples with children. This makes the area stand out for its high proportion of single-parent families, which is well above the national figure.
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 Sunset Beach — lower than 57% of areas.
| Sunset Beach | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6530, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in each home, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 38.9%, while 25.2% of residents live alone.
25.2% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunset Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Other family types include couples without children, who make up 30.6% of the group.
17.4% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunset Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Sunset Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51419/sunset-beach/topic/family-households