2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Manly West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Manly West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Manly West than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where 61.2% of households are couples with children, meaning larger homes are more common here than the national norm.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Manly West — higher than 57% of areas.
| Manly West | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4179, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 21.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.4% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Manly West, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.2% of families, while one-parent families account for 14.2%. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
14.2% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Manly West, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Manly West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31749/manly-west/topic/family-households