2.9 —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Swan Hills (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Swan Hills compared to the rest of the state, which helps explain why homes here are larger than usual. Most households are made up of families, with the typical home holding 2.9 people.
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 Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) — higher than 86% of areas.
| Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling, a figure that has edged up since 2016. Only 16.5% of people live alone, which is well below both the Western Australian and national figures.
16.5% —
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swan Hills (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.4%. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, a figure that rose by 3.4 percentage points since 2016 and is about the same as the national average.
14.1% —
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swan Hills (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55102/swan-hills/topic/family-households