3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6226, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6226, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Among the highest in the region for household size, postcode 6226 is an area where large homes are the norm. Most people live in family groups, with very few residents living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 6226, WA — higher than 93% of areas.
| 6226, WA | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Harvey | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than the national figure, with 3.0 people per household. This trend has edged up since 2011, and only 13.2% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.2% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6226, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.5% of the local mix. This helps explain why one-parent families are much lower here at 6.8%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
6.8% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6226, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 6226, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6226/6226-wa/topic/family-households