1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6161, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6161, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in postcode 6161 are couples without children, making this the most common family type. This area has a very high proportion of small households, with the typical home holding far fewer people than the national figure.
1.9
→ 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 6161, WA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 6161, WA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Cockburn | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in 6161 are much smaller than usual, with only 1.9 people per household. This is partly because 41% of people live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%, though this has fallen since 2011.
41.0% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6161, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (44%) and 2 people (44%), with 4 people at 7%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up just 5.1% of the population, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 59.3% having no children and 33.9% with children.
5.1% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6161, WA, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 6161, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6161/6161-wa/topic/family-households