2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Westdale, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-heavy community where nearly 69% of households are couples with children.
2.8
—
- 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 Westdale — higher than 76% of areas.
| Westdale | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6304, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often more crowded, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the state and national figures. While 26.5% of people live alone, about 15% of households contain five or more people.
26.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Westdale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (21%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.1% of the population, a figure that is far below the national average. Most families are couples, with 68.9% raising children and 27% without.
4.1% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westdale, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Westdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51587/westdale/topic/family-households