2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Around the middle of similar areas for household size, West Beach (WA) is a place where most homes are occupied by families. More than half of all households consist of couples with children, contributing to a typical home size of 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 West Beach — higher than 50% of areas.
| West Beach | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6450, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical household size of 2.5 is about the same as the state and national figures. Fewer people live alone here than in the rest of Australia, with only 21.3% of households being one-person homes.
21.3% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In West Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 58.8% of the area. This is reflected in the low rate of one-parent families, which at 7.6% is well below both the Western Australian and national figures.
7.6% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 West Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51567/west-beach/topic/family-households