2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6392, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6392, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in postcode 6392 than in most similar areas. This is a place where single-person households are very common, with one third of all homes housing just one person. The typical household size has dropped from 2.5 to 2.1 people since 2011.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 6392, WA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 6392, WA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| West Arthur | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size of 2.1 is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.3% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6392, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 3.6% of households are one-parent families, a figure that is far below the national average and among the lowest for similar areas. This is a significant drop from 2011, when one-parent families made up 7.6% of the area.
3.6% ▼ -52.5%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6392, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (48%), with One-parent families at 4%.
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 6392, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6392/6392-wa/topic/family-households