1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6003, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6003, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 42% of people live alone in postcode 6003, a figure far above the national average. This results in a very small typical household size for the area. Most homes here are occupied by only one or two people.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 6003, WA — lower than 99% of areas.
| 6003, WA | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Perth | 1.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 1.8 people per home, this area is well below the Australian typical of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which rose to 42.8% since 2011.
42.8% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6003, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (40%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 54.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 9.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.4% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6003, WA, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 6003, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6003/6003-wa/topic/family-households