2.9 —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riverton (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Riverton (South Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 70% of families in Riverton (South Metropolitan) are couples with children. This creates a strong focus on family life, where homes are typically larger and more crowded than in most other parts of the country.
2.9
—
- 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 Riverton (South Metropolitan) — higher than 86% of areas.
| Riverton (South Metropolitan) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here hold more people than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that people living alone are much less common here, making up only 17.9% of households.
17.9% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Riverton (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.9% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest for similar areas.
9.9% —
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riverton (South Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Riverton (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54505/riverton/topic/family-households