1.8 ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6005, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6005, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in postcode 6005, where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out as having some of the smallest households in the region, with a typical home holding far fewer people than the state or national average.
1.8
▲ +5.9%
- 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 6005, WA — lower than 99% of areas.
| 6005, WA | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Perth | 1.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 47% of people here live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home holds only 1.8 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
47.0% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6005, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here at 53%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.1% ▲ +50.5%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6005, WA, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 6005, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6005/6005-wa/topic/family-households