1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mandurah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mandurah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Mandurah than in most similar areas, with 47.2% of all households consisting of just one person. This shift toward smaller living arrangements means Mandurah has a much lower typical household size than the rest of the state and country.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 Mandurah — lower than 91% of areas.
| Mandurah | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6210, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 47.2% of people living alone, the typical home in Mandurah holds only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is among the lowest household sizes seen at this level.
47.2% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mandurah, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.1% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples without children at 39.8% and couples with children at 31.7%.
26.1% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mandurah, the largest group is Couples without children at 40%, followed by Couples with children (32%) and One-parent families (26%).
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 Mandurah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50890/mandurah/topic/family-households