2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Derby · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Derby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone or in single-parent homes in Derby than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, a striking 35% of residents now live by themselves. This shift towards smaller households is a major trend for the town.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 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 Derby — higher than 64% of areas.
| Derby | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6728, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One in three people in Derby lives alone, a figure that has risen 22 points since 2011. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%, though the typical home size of 2.5 people remains about the same as the rest of Australia.
35.0% ▲ +163.1%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Derby splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent homes are very common here, making up 24.5% of families. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and reflects a 14 point increase since 2011.
24.5% ▲ +143.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Derby, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515010/derby/topic/family-households