2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ocean Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ocean Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower rates of single-parent families than most similar areas define Ocean Beach (L). It is a place where more than half of all families are couples with children, reflecting a strong focus on traditional family units. Most homes here are larger than the national typical, though the average size has dipped slightly over the last decade.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Ocean Beach — higher than 64% of areas.
| Ocean Beach | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6333, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.5 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and matches the national figure. There has been a sharp drop in people living alone, falling from 32.2% in 2011 to 23.8% in 2021.
23.8% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ocean Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up just 10.1% of the total, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This is a significant decrease from 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 55.5%.
10.1% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ocean Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Ocean Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521039/ocean-beach/topic/family-households