2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Melville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Melville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and family-focused living define the daily life of Melville, where 65.3% of families are couples with children. This creates a domestic environment where households are slightly larger than the national average.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Melville — higher than 57% of areas.
| Melville | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6156, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. While 31% of households consist of two people, nearly a quarter of residents live alone, a figure about the same as the state and national totals.
24.7% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Melville, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in the area are couples with children, making up 65.3% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.2%, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
11.2% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Melville, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50932/melville/topic/family-households