2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Usher · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Usher
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Usher, making it an area with a high number of single-person households. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, there is a striking number of one-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Usher — lower than 57% of areas.
| Usher | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.5% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 32.9% of all households.
29.5% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Usher splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.8% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Other families are led by couples with children, who account for 47.3%.
24.8% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Usher, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Usher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51485/usher/topic/family-households