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.
Mount Marshall · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Mount Marshall
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Mount Marshall, representing 58.2% of all families. While families are common, the area has seen a significant rise in people living alone. This shift has contributed to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state.
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 Mount Marshall — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mount Marshall | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.5% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has grown over the last decade, helping to push the typical number of people per home down to 2.3.
34.5% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Marshall splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.2% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
9.2% ▲ +82.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Marshall, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Mount Marshall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55880/mount-marshall/topic/family-households