2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Balga - Mirrabooka · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Balga - Mirrabooka
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Balga - Mirrabooka are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is marked by a much higher rate of single-parent families than most other places, though the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2011.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Balga - Mirrabooka — higher than 57% of areas.
| Balga - Mirrabooka | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6061, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This is a higher rate than in most areas, and the number of people living by themselves has risen since 2011.
29.0% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Balga - Mirrabooka splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, the rate has fallen slightly since 2011.
21.7% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Balga - Mirrabooka, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Balga - Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021085/balga-mirrabooka/topic/family-households