2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westminster · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westminster
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significantly higher share of people live alone in Westminster compared to the rest of the state. This trend contributes to the area having fewer people per home than the national figure, with the typical household consisting of just 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Westminster — lower than 71% of areas.
| Westminster | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6061, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why households here are smaller than in most other areas.
32.0% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Westminster splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the local total, a figure that is well above both the Western Australian and national averages.
19.6% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westminster, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Westminster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51588/westminster/topic/family-households