2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Perth · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Perth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 60% of families in Perth (WA) are couples with children, making it a primary hub for family life. The area's household patterns largely mirror state and national trends, with a typical home sheltering about 2.6 people.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Perth — higher than 71% of areas.
| Perth | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6021, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2011. One in four households consists of a single person, a figure that rose slightly to 25.2% over the last decade.
25.2% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Perth, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60% of families here, while one-parent families account for 13.4%. This last figure is lower than in most other areas and is about the same as the state and national totals.
13.4% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Perth, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL501001/perth/topic/family-households