1.9 ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southern Cross · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Southern Cross
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Southern Cross are occupied by a single person, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person households means the typical home is much smaller than in most other areas. The town has seen a significant shift toward smaller living arrangements since 2011.
1.9
▼ -29.6%
- 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 Southern Cross — lower than 93% of areas.
| Southern Cross | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6426, WA | 2.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 47% of people here live alone, which is 21 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. Because so many live solo, the typical home holds only 1.9 people, well below the national average of 2.5.
46.6% ▲ +75.0%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Southern Cross, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 42.3%, followed closely by couples with children at 41.4%. One-parent families account for 14.3% of the total, a figure that has risen by nearly 10 percentage points since 2011.
14.3% ▲ +204.6%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Southern Cross splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Southern Cross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521047/southern-cross/topic/family-households