2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Melville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Melville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Mount Melville, where the typical home holds just two people. This is a much lower figure than most areas across the country, creating a residential landscape dominated by couples and single residents.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Melville — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mount Melville | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 37.8% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the usual household size of 2.0 people is well below the Australian average of 2.5.
37.8% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Melville splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.7% of families, while couples without children account for 41.8%. One-parent families make up 13.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state average.
13.1% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mount Melville splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51025/mount-melville/topic/family-households