2.9 —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Baldivis (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Baldivis than in most similar areas. This is a family-heavy suburb where the typical household is larger than the national figure, and very few residents live by themselves.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Baldivis (South Metropolitan) — higher than 86% of areas.
| Baldivis (South Metropolitan) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 17.9% of people live alone, a rate well below the national average of 25.6%.
2.9 —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
17.9% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Baldivis (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 65.5%. One-parent families account for 14.2% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
14.2% —
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Baldivis (South Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Baldivis (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50405/baldivis/topic/family-households