2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morley (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Morley (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 27% of people in Morley now live on their own, a figure that has risen since 2011. This shift toward smaller households is a key trend in the area. While the typical home size remains consistent with the national figure, there are more single-parent families here than in most other areas.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Morley (East Metropolitan) — lower than 57% of areas.
| Morley (East Metropolitan) | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Morley holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While the number of people per home has edged down since 2011, the proportion of people living alone rose to 27%.
27.0% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Morley (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.1%. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure.
14.7% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Morley (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Morley (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53802/morley/topic/family-households