2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Swan (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in West Swan (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger than typical households define West Swan, where homes often hold more people than in most other similar areas. With a typical 2.9 people per home, it is a place where family living is common and single-person households are rare.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 West Swan (East Metropolitan) — higher than 86% of areas.
| West Swan (East Metropolitan) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, at just 17.6%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why household sizes are among the highest at this level, though the typical number of people per home has edged down to 2.9 since 2011.
17.6% ▲ +32.3%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In West Swan (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.1%. One-parent families account for 13.6%, a figure that is about the same as both Western Australia and the national average.
13.6% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Swan (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 65%; 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 West Swan (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55802/west-swan/topic/family-households