2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mingenew · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mingenew
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people living alone defines the household landscape in Mingenew, where 33% of homes are single-person dwellings. This is well above the national figure, meaning smaller households are more common here than in most other Australian areas.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Mingenew — lower than 76% of areas.
| Mingenew | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6522, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mingenew holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of 2.5. Two-person homes are the most common at 42.3%, followed by those living alone at 33%.
33.0% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mingenew, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.5% of families, while those without children account for 42.1%. One-parent families represent 10.7% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.7% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mingenew splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Mingenew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50963/mingenew/topic/family-households