2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6350, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6350, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 37% of households in postcode 6350 consist of just one person, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a much lower typical household size than most other parts of the country.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 6350, WA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 6350, WA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Dumbleyung | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is largely because 37.1% of people live alone, a rate far above the Western Australian average.
37.1% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6350, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.6% of the total, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure. This is a significant drop from 2011, when that figure was 17.2%.
5.6% ▼ -67.4%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6350, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 6350, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6350/6350-wa/topic/family-households