1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6017, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6017, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has dipped slightly since 2011, but postcode 6017 remains a place where small households are the norm. Almost 45% of residents live alone, making it one of the most solitary living environments in the region.
1.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 6017, WA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 6017, WA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Stirling | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very high proportion of people living alone (44.3%), a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
44.3% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6017, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.1% of the area, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.8%, followed closely by couples without children at 40.7%.
11.1% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6017, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 6017, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6017/6017-wa/topic/family-households