Minding · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Minding

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family structures in Minding have shifted since 2011, with a strong focus on couples. The area is largely defined by traditional family units, and there are currently no one-parent families living here.

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Where Minding sits — Average household size

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 Minding — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Minding2.7
6315, WA 2.2
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Minding typically hold 2.7 people. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Minding splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (36%), with 6 or more at 27%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Nearly half of families here are couples with children (46.4%), while 39.3% are couples without children. This helps explain why there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the 14.1% national average.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Minding, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 46%.

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 Minding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50962/minding/topic/family-households