2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6112, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6112, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in postcode 6112 than they were in 2011. This is a place where larger households are the norm, with a typical home holding 2.8 people, which is much higher than most other areas.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 6112, WA — higher than 86% of areas.
| 6112, WA | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Armadale | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people living alone has fallen to 20%, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. This trend explains why homes here are larger, as 28.8% of households contain two people and 20.1% contain four.
20.0% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6112, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.3%. While one-parent families represent 14.3% of the total, this is lower than it was in 2011 when the figure sat at 16.8%.
14.3% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6112, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 6112, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6112/6112-wa/topic/family-households