2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6168, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6168, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 6168 than in the rest of the state, with 36.9% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a distinct domestic profile for the area, where smaller living arrangements are much more common than the national average.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 6168, WA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 6168, WA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rockingham | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, a figure that has risen since 2011.
36.9% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6168, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.6% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has grown by 1.9 percentage points over the last decade.
19.6% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6168, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 6168, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6168/6168-wa/topic/family-households