2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maylands (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Maylands (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Maylands are occupied by people living alone, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This trend means the community has a higher proportion of single-person households compared to the state and national figures. Most homes here are small, typically holding just two people.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Maylands (East Metropolitan) — lower than 90% of areas.
| Maylands (East Metropolitan) | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.8% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. This helps explain why the typical home in Maylands holds only 2.2 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
33.8% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maylands (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.2% of the total, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maylands (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Maylands (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53402/maylands/topic/family-households