2.7 ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leinster · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Leinster
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Leinster compared to the national figure, with only 18.2% of households being single-person homes. This makes the area's housing patterns quite different from most of Australia, as homes here are typically more crowded and family-oriented.
2.7
▲ +35.0%
- 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 Leinster — higher than 76% of areas.
| Leinster | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6437, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Leinster holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than in most areas and has risen since 2011. This shift is seen in the sharp drop of people living alone, falling from 37.4% to 18.2% over the last decade.
18.2% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leinster, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 61.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.8%, a figure that is a little below the national average but has risen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
11.8% ▲ +99.1%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leinster, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next 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 Leinster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522042/leinster/topic/family-households