2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6156, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6156, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62.5% of families in postcode 6156, marking it as the most common household type. The area's family and home structures have remained remarkably stable over the last decade. Most households here align closely with state and national patterns.
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 6156, WA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 6156, WA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Melville | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.5 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 31.5%, while 26.4% of people live alone.
26.4% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6156, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.0% of the total, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and sits slightly below the national average of 14.1%.
13.0% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6156, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 6156, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6156/6156-wa/topic/family-households