2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6126, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6126, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in postcode 6126 than in the rest of the country. This area is mostly made up of couples, with 93.9% of families consisting of two partners. While the number of people living alone has risen since 2011, the typical home size remains steady.
2.4
→ 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 6126, WA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 6126, WA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Serpentine-Jarrahdale | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure. Nearly half of all households consist of two people, while those living alone make up 24.4% of the area.
24.4% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6126, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 6.6% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national levels. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the proportion was 13.4%.
6.6% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6126, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 6126, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6126/6126-wa/topic/family-households