2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bassendean (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Bassendean (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Bassendean have edged up slightly since 2011 to reach a typical 2.6 people per home. This makes the area more crowded than most similar places, with more than half of all households consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bassendean (East Metropolitan) — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bassendean (East Metropolitan) | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. About 25.6% of residents live alone, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
25.6% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bassendean (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.3% of the area, which is a little above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 58.5% of households.
16.3% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bassendean (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Bassendean (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50502/bassendean/topic/family-households