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.
6004, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6004, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a home in postcode 6004 than in most other areas, with a typical household of just 1.8 people. This trend is driven by a high number of single-person homes and a strong presence of couples without children. The area is much less likely to have one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
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 6004, WA — lower than 99% of areas.
| 6004, WA | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Perth | 1.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 40.6% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This explains why the area has among the lowest number of people per home in the region, a figure that has edged down since 2011.
40.6% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6004, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (41%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 56.5%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, at 8.7%, which is well below the Western Australian average of 13.5%.
8.7% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6004, WA, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next 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 6004, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6004/6004-wa/topic/family-households