2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6312, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6312, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in postcode 6312 than in previous years, with this figure rising 7.1 percentage points since 2011. This shift has left the area with a much higher proportion of single-person homes than most other regions. It is a place where smaller households and a high number of one-parent families are now more common.
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 6312, WA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 6312, WA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Narrogin | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure and a drop from 2011. This is partly because 35.2% of people live alone, a rate well above both the state and national averages.
35.2% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6312, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the area, which is well above the national average and has risen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011. Other common setups include couples with children at 48.6% and couples without children at 32.4%.
17.8% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6312, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 6312, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6312/6312-wa/topic/family-households