1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maylands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maylands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Maylands than in most similar areas. This trend makes the suburb stand out, as 43% of all households consist of just one person. It is a place where small living arrangements are the norm.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Maylands — lower than 89% of areas.
| Maylands | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6051, WA | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 1.9 people per home, Maylands is well below the national and state figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 43% of residents live alone, which is far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
43.0% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maylands, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of families here, while those without children account for 39.8%. One-parent families make up 11.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.8% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maylands, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Maylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50917/maylands/topic/family-households