2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Middle Swan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Middle Swan
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Middle Swan than in most similar areas, with 30.8% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a diverse mix of living arrangements where single-person homes are almost as common as two-person homes.
2.4
▼ -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 Middle Swan — lower than 57% of areas.
| Middle Swan | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6056, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure, a high 30.8% of residents live alone. This is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
30.8% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Middle Swan splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.2% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. Over half of all families here are couples with children, at 51.5%.
22.2% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Middle Swan, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Middle Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50944/middle-swan/topic/family-households