2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6102, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6102, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of all homes in postcode 6102 are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a smaller typical household size than most other parts of the country.
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 6102, WA — lower than 71% of areas.
| 6102, WA | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Canning | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A far higher proportion of people live alone here than in the rest of Australia, at 35.7%. Because of this, the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
35.7% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6102, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 14.7%. This last figure is a little above the Western Australian average of 13.5%.
14.7% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6102, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 6102, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6102/6102-wa/topic/family-households