2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
McAlinden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in McAlinden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in McAlinden than in the rest of the country, where only 16% of households are single-person. This is a place where most people live in larger groups, with a typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
—
- 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 McAlinden — higher than 71% of areas.
| McAlinden | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6225, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16% of residents live alone, which is well below the Western Australian and national figures of around 25%. Most homes contain two people (28%) or five or more (16%).
16.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In McAlinden, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 70.9% of all families. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 5.5%, a figure well below the state and national averages.
5.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In McAlinden, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 McAlinden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50918/mcalinden/topic/family-households