2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6288, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6288, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in postcode 6288 than they were in 2011, with that figure rising by 5 percentage points. The area remains a place where half of all families include children, and households are slightly larger than they were a decade ago.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 6288, WA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 6288, WA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Augusta Margaret River | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly up from 2011. About 25.9% of people live alone, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
25.9% ▲ +24.0%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6288, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 50.7% of the area. Only 9.8% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
9.8% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6288, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without 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 6288, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6288/6288-wa/topic/family-households