2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6302, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6302, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of all homes in postcode 6302 are occupied by people living alone. This high rate of single-person households means the area has a much lower number of people per home than most other parts of the country.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 6302, WA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 6302, WA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| York | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because the proportion of people living alone rose to 33% since 2011, a figure well above the Western Australian average.
33.0% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6302, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 43.1%, followed closely by those with children at 42.4%. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.8% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6302, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 6302, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6302/6302-wa/topic/family-households