1.6 → 0.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West End · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West End
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in West End (WA), where over half the population lives alone. This makes the area feel very different from the rest of the state, as the typical home holds far fewer people than the national average.
1.6
→ 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 West End — lower than 97% of areas.
| West End | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| 6530, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 56% of residents living alone, the number of people per home is only 1.6, which is well below the figure for Australia and Western Australia. This high rate of single-person households is among the highest for similar areas.
56.0% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In West End, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the community, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples without children, who account for 56.3% of the total.
18.4% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West End, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 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 West End [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51573/west-end/topic/family-households