2.2 —
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fremantle (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Fremantle (South Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher number of people living alone has become a standout feature of Fremantle (South Metropolitan). This shift is reflected in the typical home size, which is now smaller than the state and national figures.
2.2
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- 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 Fremantle (South Metropolitan) — lower than 90% of areas.
| Fremantle (South Metropolitan) | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than average, with only 2.2 people per household. This is driven by a very high number of people living alone, who make up 32.9% of all households—well above the national figure of 25.6%.
32.9% —
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Fremantle (South Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families here are couples with children, while 32.3% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 16% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.0% —
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fremantle (South Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Fremantle (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52205/fremantle/topic/family-households