2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malabaine · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Malabaine — higher than 57% of areas.
| Malabaine | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6401, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Malabaine, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (33%) and 1 person (22%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Malabaine splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).
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