2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6209, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6209, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of residents in postcode 6209 live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This is a place where single-person households are common, though the typical home still holds about 2.4 people.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 6209, WA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 6209, WA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Murray | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.4% of households containing just one person. The typical home size of 2.4 people has edged up slightly since 2011.
31.4% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6209, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.9% of the area, a figure that is much higher than most other places and has risen since 2011. Nearly half of all families are couples with children.
16.9% ▲ +40.1%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6209, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 6209, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6209/6209-wa/topic/family-households