Malabaine · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Malabaine

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer single-parent homes are found in Malabaine than in most similar areas. The community is mostly made up of couples, with no one-parent families recorded in the latest census.

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📍 Malabaine, Suburb / Locality

Where Malabaine 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 Malabaine — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Malabaine2.6
6401, WA 2.4
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.6 people per home, households in Malabaine are slightly larger than the typical Australian or Western Australian home.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Malabaine, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (33%) and 1 person (22%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with and without children each make up 52.8% of families here. This means one-parent families are at 0.0%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Malabaine 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 Malabaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50883/malabaine/topic/family-households