2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mandurah · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mandurah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Mandurah are couples with children, making it the most common household type in the area. While typical home sizes remain steady, there has been a growing number of people living on their own.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Mandurah — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mandurah | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28% of people in Mandurah now live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is a little above the national average. Most homes hold two people, though the typical household size of 2.4 people has barely changed over the last decade.
28.0% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mandurah, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, which is well above the state figure and much higher than in most other areas. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
16.8% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mandurah, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Mandurah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55110/mandurah/topic/family-households