2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Richon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Richon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Mount Richon are couples with children, making this the most common household type in the area. While many homes house families, there is also a notable number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Richon — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mount Richon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6112, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.5% of people live alone, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. This helps explain why the typical home in Mount Richon has 2.3 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.
29.5% ▲ +37.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Richon, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.6% of families, while 37.7% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Richon, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Richon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51031/mount-richon/topic/family-households