2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Leederville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Leederville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes are a defining feature of West Leederville, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure, reflecting a community with a very high number of people living on their own.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Leederville — lower than 76% of areas.
| West Leederville | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6007, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A third of residents (33.6%) live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, West Leederville has fewer people per home than most other areas.
33.6% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Leederville splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.9% of families here. One-parent families represent 10.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
10.4% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Leederville, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Leederville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51578/west-leederville/topic/family-households