2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mullewa · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mullewa
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in people living alone and single parents has changed the face of Mullewa since 2011. This shift is reflected in the typical home, which now houses just 2 people, far fewer than the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Mullewa — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mullewa | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6630, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 45% of people in Mullewa now live alone, a figure that rose 13 points since 2011 and is far above the 25.6% national average. This helps explain why the number of people per home is well below the state and national figures.
44.9% ▲ +40.7%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mullewa, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 32.8% of the local total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 10.6% of families fell into this category.
32.8% ▲ +208.5%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mullewa splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (35%) and Couples with children (33%), with One-parent families at 32%.
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 Mullewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522049/mullewa/topic/family-households