2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6016, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6016, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in postcode 6016 than in the rest of the country, with only 9.8% of families fitting this profile. This area is heavily dominated by couples with children, who make up 65.2% of all families. Most homes here are family-based and slightly larger than they were a decade ago.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 6016, WA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 6016, WA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Vincent | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.5 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and has edged up since 2011. While 26.4% of people live alone, this figure has fallen by 3.3 percentage points over the last ten years.
26.4% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6016, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (26%), with 4 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national averages. This is consistent with a strong local presence of couples with children, who account for 65.2% of families.
9.8% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6016, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 6016, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6016/6016-wa/topic/family-households