2.9 —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warnbro (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Warnbro (South Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Warnbro than in most other areas, with the typical household holding 2.9 people. This makes the area stand out from the rest of Western Australia and the nation. The community is largely made up of families, with very few people living on their own.
2.9
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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 Warnbro (South Metropolitan) — higher than 86% of areas.
| Warnbro (South Metropolitan) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 17.2% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This low rate of single-person homes helps explain why households here are larger than usual, though the number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2016.
17.2% —
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Warnbro (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, with 61.5% of households being couples with children. One-parent families make up 16.9% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and has risen by 3.3 points since 2016.
16.9% —
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warnbro (South Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Warnbro (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55605/warnbro/topic/family-households