1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maylands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Maylands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Maylands than in other parts of the state, with 43% of households consisting of a single person. This creates a distinct living pattern where homes are much smaller than the national average. The typical home here holds just 1.9 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Maylands — lower than 96% of areas.
| Maylands | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6051, WA | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are among the highest in the region at 43%, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.9 people, well below the national average of 2.5.
43.0% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maylands, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of families, while couples without children account for 39.8%. One-parent families represent 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.8% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maylands, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Maylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504011046/maylands/topic/family-households