2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6044, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6044, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has risen sharply in postcode 6044, with 34.2% of homes now occupied by one person. This shift has left the area with a much smaller typical household size than the state and national figures. Most homes here now house only one or two people.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 6044, WA — lower than 90% of areas.
| 6044, WA | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Gingin | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in the area are small, with just 2.0 people per dwelling, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because the number of people living alone has climbed to 34.2%, a figure well above the Australian average.
34.2% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6044, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 52.6%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, making up only 6.0% of the total, which is well below the Western Australian average.
6.0% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6044, WA, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 6044, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6044/6044-wa/topic/family-households