2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Weymouth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Weymouth
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three people live alone in Weymouth, a rate well above the national figure. This makes the area's typical home size much smaller than most, with only 2.0 people per household.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Weymouth — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with 52.2% of homes holding two people and 32.6% holding just one. This is well below the Australian typical of 2.5 people per home.
32.6% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Weymouth, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 34%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 65.1%. One-parent families account for 14.5%, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
14.5% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Weymouth, Couples without children is the majority at 71%; One-parent families is next at 16%.
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 Weymouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60748/weymouth/topic/family-households