2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laverton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Laverton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes defines daily life in Laverton (L), where 37.5% of residents live alone. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, making it one of the most common living arrangements in the area.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Laverton — lower than 57% of areas.
| Laverton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6440, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.3 people live in each home, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5. While one-person households are common at 37.5%, this proportion has fallen 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
37.5% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Laverton splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.6% of the community, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when such families accounted for 30.1% of the total.
22.6% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Laverton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and Couples without children (34%), with One-parent families at 23%.
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522039/laverton/topic/family-households