3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mardella · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mardella
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Mardella than in the rest of the state. The area is dominated by larger households, with the typical home holding 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Mardella — higher than 86% of areas.
| Mardella | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6125, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.8% of people live alone here, a figure well below the Western Australian average of 25.4%. This helps explain why households are larger than most areas, with 36.2% of homes holding two people and 8.7% holding six or more.
16.8% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mardella, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common in Mardella, where 63.3% of families are couples with children. Only 6.6% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mardella, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Mardella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50901/mardella/topic/family-households