2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mira Mar · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mira Mar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Mira Mar than in the rest of the country, with 38.7% of homes being single-person households. This creates a smaller typical household size compared to the state and national figures. The area also has a notably higher share of one-parent families.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Mira Mar — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mira Mar | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A small typical household size of 2.1 people is a little below the national figure. This is driven by the fact that nearly 39% of residents live alone, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
38.7% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mira Mar splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.2% of the local mix, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children (44.1%) and couples without children (35.2%).
19.2% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mira Mar, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Mira Mar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50969/mira-mar/topic/family-households