1.8 ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Perth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Perth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small, single-person homes dominate the daily landscape of West Perth. With nearly half of all households consisting of just one person, the area feels much less family-oriented than most other parts of the state.
1.8
▲ +5.9%
- 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 Perth — lower than 91% of areas.
| West Perth | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6005, WA | 1.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very high number of people living alone, at 47% compared to just 25.6% across Australia.
47.0% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In West Perth, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 53%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.1% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Perth, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with 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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51580/west-perth/topic/family-households