2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6407, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6407, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 6407 than in most other parts of the country. While the typical household size is about 2.4 people, there has been a noticeable shift toward smaller living arrangements over the last decade.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 6407, WA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 6407, WA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Cunderdin | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.6% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This proportion of single-person households has risen by 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
32.6% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6407, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.1% of the area, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 62.2% of all family homes.
9.1% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6407, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 6407, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6407/6407-wa/topic/family-households