2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6323, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6323, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a home in postcode 6323 than in most other areas, with a typical household of just 2.2 people. This shift toward smaller living arrangements is driven by a sharp increase in people living on their own.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 6323, WA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 6323, WA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Plantagenet | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.7% of people live alone, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and Australia. This has risen 11 percentage points since 2011, helping explain why the typical home now holds fewer people.
31.7% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6323, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44% of families, while 42.9% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.7%, a figure that is about the same as the state average.
12.7% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6323, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 6323, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6323/6323-wa/topic/family-households