Myrup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Myrup

How families and households are made up across the area.

Just 14.2% of people live alone in Myrup, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This is a place where most residents live in shared households, with half of all homes housing exactly two people.

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📍 Myrup, Suburb / Locality

Where Myrup sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -7.1%
  • 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 Myrup — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Myrup2.6
6450, WA 2.4
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Very few people live by themselves compared to the state and national figures, where about a quarter of households are single-person homes.

2.6 ▼ -7.1%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.2% ▼ -10.7%

Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.9%
  • 2016: 18.2%
  • 2021: 14.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Myrup, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (14%) and 4 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children make up 50.8% of the area. This helps explain why one-parent families are less common here, at 7.4%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

7.4% ▼ -0.4%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 7.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Myrup, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 42%.

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 Myrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51070/myrup/topic/family-households