2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swanbourne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swanbourne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Swanbourne compared to the rest of the state. This area is dominated by larger households, with 68.2% of families consisting of couples with children. The typical home is more crowded than the national average, which helps explain why single-person households are relatively rare here.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Swanbourne — higher than 76% of areas.
| Swanbourne | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6010, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Swanbourne hold 2.8 people on average, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 17.7% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below both the state (25.4%) and national (25.6%) averages.
17.7% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swanbourne, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68.2% of families, while only 8.7% are one-parent families. This share of single-parent homes is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
8.7% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swanbourne, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Swanbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51421/swanbourne/topic/family-households