2.0 ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6413, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6413, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few people share each home in postcode 6413 compared to similar areas. The typical home holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This shift is driven by a rise in single-person households over the last decade.
2.0
▼ -20.0%
- 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 6413, WA — lower than 90% of areas.
| 6413, WA | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Merredin | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, a figure that has dropped since 2011. This is well below the Western Australian average of 2.5, partly because people living alone rose to 26.1%.
26.1% ▲ +116.1%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6413, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up more than half of all families at 55.3%. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6413, WA, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 6413, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6413/6413-wa/topic/family-households