2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6160, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6160, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in postcode 6160, where about 40.6% of people live alone. This is far above the national figure and makes it one of the areas with the lowest number of people per home in the region.
2.0
→ 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 6160, WA — lower than 90% of areas.
| 6160, WA | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Fremantle | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here have just 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
40.6% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6160, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.9% of families, while those without children account for 40.3%. One-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6160, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 6160, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6160/6160-wa/topic/family-households