1.9 ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6398, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6398, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in people living alone has shifted the domestic landscape in postcode 6398 since 2011. This area now sees far more single-person households than the national average, contributing to a typical home size that is much smaller than in most other parts of Australia.
1.9
▼ -13.6%
- 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 6398, WA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 6398, WA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Manjimup | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 37.3% of people living alone—a figure that rose by 8.9 points since 2011 and is far above the Western Australian average.
37.3% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6398, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 4 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 56.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, which is well below the Australian average and has barely changed over the last decade.
10.7% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6398, WA, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 30%.
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 6398, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6398/6398-wa/topic/family-households