2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Withers · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Withers
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 37% of people live alone in Withers, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means the area has fewer people per household than most other places. It is a community with a diverse mix of living arrangements, from single residents to one-parent families.
2.2
→ 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 Withers — lower than 76% of areas.
| Withers | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Withers has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This smaller household size is driven by the 36.9% of residents who live alone, a rate much higher than most other areas.
36.9% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Withers splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.5% of households, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. This is among the highest proportions for this family type at this level.
29.5% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Withers, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by One-parent families (30%) and Couples without children (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 Withers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51625/withers/topic/family-households