2.1 ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Menzies · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Menzies
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp drop in the number of people per home defines the recent trend in Menzies. The typical household has shrunk from 3.1 people in 2011 to just 2.1 today. This shift is driven by a rise in people living alone, who now make up 47% of all households.
2.1
▼ -32.3%
- 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 Menzies — lower than 90% of areas.
| Menzies | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all households are people living alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This is one of the highest proportions for any similar area, and it helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.1 people.
47.0% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Menzies, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a major change from 2011, when such families accounted for 31.8% of the area.
6.9% ▼ -78.2%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Menzies splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 Menzies [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55390/menzies/topic/family-households