2.0 ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Magnet · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Magnet
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Mount Magnet than in most similar areas. This contributes to a small typical household size of just two people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -20.0%
- 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 Mount Magnet — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mount Magnet | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6638, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 38.3% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 39.8% of the total.
38.3% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Magnet splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (39%), with 4 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24% of the total, which is among the highest for areas of this type and far above the state figure of 13.5%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 38.3%.
24.0% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mount Magnet splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 25%.
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 Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51024/mount-magnet/topic/family-households