1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Midland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Midland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Midland are occupied by just one person, making it an area with very small households. This trend is far more common here than in the rest of Western Australia or the nation, which helps explain why the typical home has only 1.9 people.
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 Midland — lower than 89% of areas.
| Midland | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6056, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 48% of people in Midland live alone, a figure that is far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home is much smaller than most areas, with only 1.9 people per dwelling.
47.9% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Midland, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.2% of the total, which is far above the state figure of 13.5%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 37.9%, followed by couples without children at 30.3%.
28.2% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Midland, the largest group is Couples with children at 38%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (28%).
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 Midland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50947/midland/topic/family-households