2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moora · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Moora
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Moora than a decade ago, with that figure climbing 7.2 percentage points since 2011. This shift has contributed to a drop in the usual number of people per home, which now sits at 2.3. The area sees a mix of small households and traditional family setups.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Moora — lower than 71% of areas.
| Moora | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35.9% of the total.
31.7% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Moora splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.9% of the total, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen since 2011. Nearly half of all families are couples with children.
15.9% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moora, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Moora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55600/moora/topic/family-households