2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bateman (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Bateman (South Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Bateman than they were in 2011, though the area remains very family-focused. Only 21.3% of households are people living alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by couples with children.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Bateman (South Metropolitan) — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bateman (South Metropolitan) | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bateman has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. While the number of people living alone has risen to 21.3% since 2011, this is still much lower than the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
21.3% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bateman (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.6%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, sitting at 10.0%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bateman (South Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Bateman (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50605/bateman/topic/family-households