2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6208, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6208, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in postcode 6208 are couples with children. This area has a fairly typical household size, though the number of people living alone has grown over the last decade. It is also home to a higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar areas.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 6208, WA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 6208, WA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Murray | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in the area has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. This is a slight drop from 2011, and is partly because more people now live alone, accounting for 25.3% of households.
25.3% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6208, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. This represents a 2.2 percentage point increase since 2011.
15.6% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6208, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 6208, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6208/6208-wa/topic/family-households