2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6154, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6154, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 65% of families in postcode 6154 are couples with children. This makes it a strong family-oriented area where the typical home is larger than in most other places, though the overall size has stayed steady for a decade.
2.5
→ 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 6154, WA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 6154, WA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Melville | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and matches the state and national figures. About 26.8% of households are people living alone, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
26.8% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6154, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has remained stable since 2011, while couples without children account for another 23.3% of families.
11.1% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6154, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 6154, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6154/6154-wa/topic/family-households