2.2 —
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6372, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6372, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households have surged in postcode 6372, with 43.6% of homes now occupied by one person. This shift has helped make the area's typical home size smaller than the national figure. It is a place where nearly half of all households are now single-occupancy.
2.2
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- 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 6372, WA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 6372, WA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Wickepin | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A far higher share of people live alone here than in the rest of Australia, a figure that rose 10 points since 2016. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure.
43.6% —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6372, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families now make up 14.1% of the total, a figure that rose 5.4 points since 2016. Most families here are couples, with 50.7% being couples without children and 40.8% being couples with children.
14.1% —
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6372, WA, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (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 6372, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6372/6372-wa/topic/family-households