1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mandurah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mandurah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Mandurah than a decade ago, with 44.4% of households now consisting of just one person. This shift contributes to a very small average household size compared to the rest of the state. While single-person homes are common, the area also has a high proportion of one-parent families.
1.9
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Mandurah — lower than 96% of areas.
| Mandurah | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6210, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mandurah are much smaller than the national figure, with only 1.9 people per home. This is among the lowest in the region, driven by the 44.4% of residents who live alone—a figure that is far above both the state and national averages.
44.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mandurah, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.4% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Other common family types include couples without children (39.2%) and couples with children (34.1%).
24.4% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mandurah, the largest group is Couples without children at 39%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (24%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mandurah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/502011025/mandurah/topic/family-households