2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6109, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6109, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.5% of families in postcode 6109, forming the largest family group here. This is an area where households are typically larger than in most other places, with an average of 2.7 people per home.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 6109, WA — higher than 79% of areas.
| 6109, WA | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Gosnells | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in 6109 holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas and has edged up since 2011. About 28% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 1.9 percentage points over the last decade.
28.0% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6109, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. This proportion has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
15.6% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6109, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 6109, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6109/6109-wa/topic/family-households