2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6237, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6237, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 55.9% of families in postcode 6237, the largest family group in the area. This is a place where few people live alone and most homes are shared with others. The typical household size has remained steady since 2011.
2.7
→ 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 6237, WA — higher than 79% of areas.
| 6237, WA | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Capel | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in postcode 6237 usually hold 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 16.5% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
16.5% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6237, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.5% of the area, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 13.5%. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
9.5% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6237, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 6237, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6237/6237-wa/topic/family-households