Moora · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Moora

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Moora are couples with children. While many households are family-based, there is also a high number of people living on their own, making the typical home size slightly smaller than the national figure.

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Where Moora sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -8.0%
  • 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 Moora — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Moora2.3
6510, WA 2.3
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Moora are smaller than most, with 2.3 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 31.8% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.3 ▼ -8.0%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.8% ▲ +19.6%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.6%
  • 2016: 30.8%
  • 2021: 31.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Moora splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.0% of the local total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average and much higher than in most similar areas.

19.0% ▲ +19.6%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.9%
  • 2016: 16.2%
  • 2021: 19.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Moora, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (32%) 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 Moora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50988/moora/topic/family-households