2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Morley
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of one-parent families than most areas marks the domestic landscape of Morley. The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Most residents live in couples with children, though a quarter of households consist of just one person.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Morley — higher than 50% of areas.
| Morley | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6062, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 34.5%, while 25.6% of people live alone. This rate of single-person households is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
25.6% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Morley, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the state and national averages.
15.2% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Morley, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Morley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50998/morley/topic/family-households