2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Butler (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Butler (North Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in each home in Butler than is typical for the rest of the state. This area is dominated by larger households, with the typical home holding 2.8 people. It is a place where few people live alone compared to national trends.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Butler (North Metropolitan) — higher than 79% of areas.
| Butler (North Metropolitan) | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size is 2.8 people, a figure that is a little above the Australian average and has edged up since 2011.
20.6% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Butler (North Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 61.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 17.2% of households, which is well above the Western Australian average and has risen sharply since 2011.
17.2% ▲ +102.3%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Butler (North Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Butler (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51104/butler/topic/family-households