3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Serpentine · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Serpentine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a defining feature of Serpentine compared to similar areas. The town is overwhelmingly made up of families, with 67.6% of homes being couples with children. This creates a community where very few people live alone.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Serpentine — higher than 87% of areas.
| Serpentine | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6125, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Serpentine are typically larger than the national figure, with 3.0 people per household. Only 13.5% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
13.5% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Serpentine, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.6% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. This share of families has fallen by 3.3 percentage points over the last ten years.
7.6% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Serpentine, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Serpentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515032/serpentine/topic/family-households