2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melville · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Melville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes and family structures in Melville have remained remarkably stable since 2011. The area is mostly made up of family homes, with 61.9% of families consisting of couples with children. This stability is seen in the typical number of people per home, which has stayed at 2.6 for over a decade.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Melville — higher than 71% of areas.
| Melville | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Melville are slightly larger than most, with 2.6 people per household. This is about the same as the state and national figures, and fewer people live alone here compared to most other areas.
24.0% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melville, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.7% of the total, which is much lower than in most other areas and well below the national figure. Most families are couples, with 61.9% having children and 26.4% without.
10.7% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melville, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50704/melville/topic/family-households