2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6348, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6348, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 37% of people in postcode 6348 live alone, which is far more than the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the area has very small households compared to most other parts of Australia.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 6348, WA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 6348, WA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Ravensthorpe | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.1 people, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This is much lower than most areas, with about 37% of households consisting of just one person.
36.9% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6348, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.2% of families, while couples without children account for 41.4%. One-parent families make up 11% of the total, which is well below the Australian average.
11.0% ▲ +92.9%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6348, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 6348, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6348/6348-wa/topic/family-households