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.
Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 35% of people in Mount Lawley live alone, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This makes the suburb's housing profile quite distinct, as the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below both the Western Australian and national figures.
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 Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) — lower than 90% of areas.
| Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 34.7% of households consisting of one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%, and the trend has remained steady since 2011.
34.7% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.0%, which is a little below the state and national figures, though this proportion rose slightly since 2011.
12.0% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53902/mount-lawley/topic/family-households