2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Morley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More single-person households have emerged in Morley since 2011, reflecting a broader shift in how people live. The area maintains a typical household size of 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Morley — lower than 57% of areas.
| Morley | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6062, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25.5% of people in Morley now live alone, a figure that has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.5% of all households.
25.5% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Morley, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.1% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and higher than most similar areas. More than half of all families here are couples with children.
15.1% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Morley, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Morley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504011047/morley/topic/family-households