2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6251, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6251, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower rates of single-person living set postcode 6251 apart from most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, far fewer residents live alone here compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.5
→ 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 6251, WA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 6251, WA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Donnybrook-Balingup | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.3% of people here live alone, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 41.5% of all households.
20.3% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6251, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, while 37.6% are couples without children. One-parent families make up just 7.2% of the total, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
7.2% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6251, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 6251, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6251/6251-wa/topic/family-households