2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6403, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6403, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in postcode 6403 than in most other areas, with 35.9% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a local landscape where smaller living arrangements are common and the typical home size is smaller than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 6403, WA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 6403, WA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Northam | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home have dropped to 2.2 since 2011, which is much lower than most areas. This trend is driven by a rise in single-person households, which now make up 35.9% of the area—far above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
35.9% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6403, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.8%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages and has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6403, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 6403, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6403/6403-wa/topic/family-households