2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bridgetown · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bridgetown
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Bridgetown than in most similar areas, making it a place of smaller households. This shift is clear as the typical number of people per home has fallen since 2011. While families remain common, a growing number of residents are now managing their own homes independently.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Bridgetown — lower than 64% of areas.
| Bridgetown | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6255, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This has contributed to a drop in the typical household size, which now sits at 2.2 people—a little below the Western Australian average of 2.5.
32.3% ▲ +58.1%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bridgetown, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children and those without children make up almost equal shares of the local families at 43.7% and 43.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.9%, which is a little below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Bridgetown splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Bridgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515003/bridgetown/topic/family-households