2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6418, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6418, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over a third of residents in postcode 6418 live alone, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas. While the typical household size is about 2.4 people, there is a striking split between small single-person homes and larger family units.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 6418, WA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 6418, WA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Bruce Rock | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.2% of people live alone, which is well above the Western Australian and national figures. This number has risen since 2011, and as a result, one and two-person households are now the most common, each making up 35.2% of the area.
35.2% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6418, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here at 55%. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.5% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6418, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 6418, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6418/6418-wa/topic/family-households