2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morawa · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Morawa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living alone is much more common in Morawa than in most other areas, with 34.1% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Morawa — lower than 71% of areas.
| Morawa | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.1% of people live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Two-person households are the most common at 36.4%, while the number of people per home has fallen from 2.6 in 2011 to 2.3 today.
34.1% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Morawa splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children (56.0%), though one-parent families make up a much lower share than in most areas at 10.6%. This figure is well below the Australian average and has fallen by 2.7 points since 2011.
10.6% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Morawa, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Morawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55670/morawa/topic/family-households