2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malvern · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Malvern
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Malvern are couples with children, making this the most common household type. While family life is central here, a large number of residents also live independently. This mix creates a community where households are generally smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Malvern — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.3 people live in the typical home, which is lower than most areas. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, at 31.7%, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
31.7% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Malvern splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.5% of families, while those without children account for 29.4%. One-parent families represent 9.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.9% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Malvern, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Malvern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21586/malvern/topic/family-households