Useless Loop · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Useless Loop

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Useless Loop. While the typical home holds 2.8 people, there is a surprising mix of large family groups and people living on their own.

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📍 Useless Loop, Suburb / Locality

Where Useless Loop sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 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 Useless Loop — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Useless Loop2.8
6537, WA 2.1
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are a little larger than the state and national figures, with 28.9% of households containing four people. Interestingly, 26.7% of residents live alone, which is higher than in most areas.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.7%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 33.3%
  • 2021: 26.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Useless Loop splits fairly evenly between 4 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 2 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Almost all families here are couples, with 79.4% having children. There are no one-parent families, a figure far below both the Western Australian and national averages.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Useless Loop, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children 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 Useless Loop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51484/useless-loop/topic/family-households