2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Muchea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Muchea
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Muchea are couples with children. This makes the area feel more family-oriented than many other places, with a typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Muchea — higher than 71% of areas.
| Muchea | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6501, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, which helps explain why only 17.6% of people live alone. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
17.6% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Muchea, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.1% of families, while 33.4% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.9%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.9% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Muchea, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without 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 Muchea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51040/muchea/topic/family-households