3.0 ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southern River (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Southern River (South Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Southern River, where an average of 3.0 people live in each home. This is a high figure compared to similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone and most homes are occupied by families.
3.0
▲ +36.4%
- 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 Southern River (South Metropolitan) — higher than 90% of areas.
| Southern River (South Metropolitan) | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has risen to 3.0 since 2011, which is a little above the state and national figures of 2.5. This shift is reflected in the sharp drop of people living alone, who now make up only 16.5% of households.
16.5% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Southern River (South Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 68.9%. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
12.6% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southern River (South Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Southern River (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55005/southern-river/topic/family-households