Magitup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Magitup

How families and households are made up across the area.

Few changes have hit the home lives of Magitup residents since 2011, but the area stands out for its total lack of single-parent families. Most homes here are headed by couples, with the typical household holding 2.6 people.

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📍 Magitup, Suburb / Locality

Where Magitup sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Magitup — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Magitup2.6
6338, WA 2.3
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.6 people per home, Magitup is higher than most areas, though this is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Magitup, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 4 people is next at 43%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

No one-parent families live here, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Instead, 60% of families are couples with children and another 60% are couples without.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Magitup splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).

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 Magitup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50878/magitup/topic/family-households