2.7 —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Mirrabooka are couples with children, making it a prominent hub for family life. While household sizes have edged down slightly to 2.7 people, the area still sees much higher numbers per home than most other similar places.
2.7
—
- 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 Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.7% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2016. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 29% of all households.
26.7% —
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.2% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion is among the highest for areas of this level and has grown since 2016.
20.2% —
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 58%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53602/mirrabooka/topic/family-households