3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6170, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6170, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in postcode 6170, accounting for 66.7% of all families. This is a place where large households are common, with three people typically living in each home. The number of people per home has remained steady at 3.0 since 2011.
3.0
→ 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 6170, WA — higher than 93% of areas.
| 6170, WA | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Kwinana | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with only 16.2% of people living alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This low rate of solo living helps explain why the typical household size of 3.0 is a little above the Australian average.
16.2% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6170, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with only one parent make up 14.2% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the Western Australian average. This proportion has barely changed over the last decade.
14.2% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6170, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 6170, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6170/6170-wa/topic/family-households