2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6060, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6060, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 6060 than in most similar areas, with 38.6% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a landscape of smaller living arrangements, where the typical home holds only 2.1 people.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 6060, WA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 6060, WA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Stirling | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 38.6% of people living alone—a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%. This helps explain why the 2.1 people per home is much lower than most areas, despite edging up slightly since 2011.
38.6% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6060, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families in the area are couples with children, while 34.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.1% of the total, which is about the same as the Western Australian average.
13.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6060, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 6060, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6060/6060-wa/topic/family-households