2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6101, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6101, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are more common in postcode 6101 than in most similar areas. The area is defined by a high number of people living alone and smaller-than-average home sizes. This trend has remained steady over the last decade, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
→ 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 6101, WA — lower than 71% of areas.
| 6101, WA | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Victoria Park | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the Western Australian average of 2.5 people.
30.8% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6101, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.3% of families, while those without children account for 31.5%. One-parent families represent 11.8% of the total, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6101, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 6101, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6101/6101-wa/topic/family-households