2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mosman Park · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mosman Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 32% of homes in Mosman Park are occupied by people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This is a community where single-person households are very common, though the typical home still houses about 2.4 people.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Mosman Park — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mosman Park | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-third of residents live by themselves, which is much higher than most other areas. While the number of single-person homes fell slightly since 2011, the typical number of people per home edged up to 2.4.
32.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mosman Park splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units here are mostly couples, with 63.6% having children. Only 9.4% of families are headed by a single parent, which is well below the Western Australian and national figures.
9.4% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mosman Park, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Mosman Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55740/mosman-park/topic/family-households