2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Elphinstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Elphinstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of families are couples without children in Mount Elphinstone. This makes it a place where small households are common, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
—
- 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 Mount Elphinstone — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mount Elphinstone | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home is slightly smaller than the state and national figure of 2.5 people. This is reflected in the fact that only 20.6% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
20.6% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Elphinstone, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 30%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 44.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.9% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Elphinstone, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Mount Elphinstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51010/mount-elphinstone/topic/family-households