2.3 ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Barker · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mount Barker
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Mount Barker than in most similar areas. This shift is part of a broader trend where the typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▼ -17.9%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Barker — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mount Barker | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6324, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-third of households are made up of a single person, a figure that has risen by 10 percentage points since 2011. These single-person homes are much more common here than in the rest of Western Australia.
33.1% ▲ +43.8%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Barker splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the community, which is well above the national figure. This represents a significant increase of 12 percentage points since 2011.
18.9% ▲ +190.7%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Barker, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515025/mount-barker/topic/family-households