2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Hawthorn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Hawthorn
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home are found in Mount Hawthorn than in most similar areas. This suburb is largely defined by family life, with nearly 69% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.7
▲ +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 Mount Hawthorn — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mount Hawthorn | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6016, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. About 22.1% of people live alone, a figure well below the state and national averages.
22.1% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Hawthorn, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common, while one-parent families make up 9.6% of the total. This is well below the 13.5% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
9.6% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Hawthorn, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Hawthorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51015/mount-hawthorn/topic/family-households