1.8 ▼ -62.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8
- 2016: 5.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ledge Point · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ledge Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than two people live in the typical home in Ledge Point, a figure well below the Western Australian and national average of 2.5. This shift toward smaller households is stark, as the number of people per home has dropped from 4.8 in 2011 to just 1.8 today.
1.8
▼ -62.5%
- 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 Ledge Point — lower than 99% of areas.
| Ledge Point | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6043, WA | 1.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and represents a 26 point jump since 2011. Most households are very small, with 55.3% containing two people and 32% containing one.
32.0% ▲ +412.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ledge Point, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 1 person is next at 37%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the bulk of families here at 70%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 10% of the total, which is well below the state average of 13.5%.
10.0% ▼ -54.3%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ledge Point, Couples without children is the majority at 69%; Couples with children is next at 18%.
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 Ledge Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522040/ledge-point/topic/family-households