2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6041, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6041, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 20% of people in postcode 6041 live alone, a figure well below the national average. This means the area is mostly made up of multi-person households, with a typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 6041, WA — higher than 71% of areas.
| 6041, WA | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Gingin | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with two-person households being the most common at 43.4%. The number of people living alone has risen slightly since 2011 to reach 20%, though this remains much lower than the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
20.0% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6041, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.1% of families, while those without children account for 39.9%. One-parent families represent 13.2% of the total, a figure that has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011 and is about the same as the national average.
13.2% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6041, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 6041, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6041/6041-wa/topic/family-households