2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nedlands (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Nedlands (North Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Nedlands are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area is marked by a high number of people living alone and smaller overall household sizes compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Nedlands (North Metropolitan) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Nedlands (North Metropolitan) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Nedlands typically hold 2.3 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is partly because 32.2% of households are people living alone, a figure that is well above the national average of 25.6% and has risen since 2011.
32.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nedlands (North Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is among the lowest proportions for this level and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. This percentage has barely changed since 2011.
9.4% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nedlands (North Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Nedlands (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54104/nedlands/topic/family-households