2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6253, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6253, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few places in the region have such small households as postcode 6253, where the typical home holds just two people. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone, which now makes up over a third of all households.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 6253, WA — lower than 90% of areas.
| 6253, WA | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Donnybrook-Balingup | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 34.6% of people living alone—a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This has helped pull the number of people per home down to 2.0, which is much lower than most other areas.
34.6% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6253, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 54.6%, while one-parent families are very rare at 6.7%. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 13.5% and represents a drop of 3.3 points since 2011.
6.7% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6253, WA, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 6253, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6253/6253-wa/topic/family-households