3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mirrabooka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mirrabooka
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are common in Mirrabooka, where a typical home holds 3.0 people. This is significantly higher than most similar areas and sits above both the state and national figures. The area is largely made up of family homes, though there is a notably high proportion of single-parent households.
3.0
▼ -6.3%
- 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 Mirrabooka — higher than 86% of areas.
| Mirrabooka | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6061, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 11.0% holding six or more people. While 22.6% of people live alone, this is a little below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
22.6% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mirrabooka splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 1 person (23%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.5% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 64.5% of the total.
18.5% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mirrabooka, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 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 Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50970/mirrabooka/topic/family-households