3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6176, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6176, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rise in one-parent families has shaped the home lives of people in postcode 6176 since 2011. This area has unusually large households, with an average of 3.0 people per home, which is higher than the Western Australian and national figures.
3.0
▼ -6.3%
- 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 6176, WA — higher than 93% of areas.
| 6176, WA | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Rockingham | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here at 13.1%, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the area has some of the highest home occupancy rates around, though the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly from 3.2 in 2011.
13.1% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6176, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 66.2% of the total. While one-parent families are a little below the state and national figures at 12.4%, this group has grown by 6.3 percentage points since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +104.1%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6176, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 6176, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6176/6176-wa/topic/family-households