2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murray-Wellington (South West) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Murray-Wellington (South West)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Murray-Wellington include children, creating a community where larger households are common. The area is heavily family-oriented, with 54.3% of families consisting of couples with children. This shift toward family life is reflected in home sizes that remain larger than those in most other similar areas.
2.6
→ 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 Murray-Wellington (South West) — higher than 57% of areas.
| Murray-Wellington (South West) | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Murray-Wellington holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. While 22.9% of people live alone—a figure that rose by 2.8 points since 2011—this is still a little below the state and national figures.
22.9% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murray-Wellington (South West), the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 54.3%, while couples without children account for 31.3%. One-parent families represent 13.6% of the total, which is about the same as the Western Australian average.
13.6% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murray-Wellington (South West), Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Murray-Wellington (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54006/murray-wellington/topic/family-households