2.7 ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Muchea · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Muchea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Muchea, where most homes are shared by families and multiple people. The typical household is larger than in most similar areas, with 2.7 people per home.
2.7
▼ -12.9%
- 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 Muchea — higher than 76% of areas.
| Muchea | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6501, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. While households are still larger than in most areas, the typical number of people per home has fallen since 2011.
17.0% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Muchea, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here, at 55.3%. Meanwhile, the share of one-parent families has risen by 9.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.3%.
13.3% ▲ +281.5%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Muchea, 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 Muchea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521034/muchea/topic/family-households