3.2 ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6431, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6431, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in postcode 6431 are couples with children, making them the most common household type. While the area has a high proportion of one-parent families, the typical home is still much larger than across the rest of the country.
3.2
▼ -13.5%
- 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 6431, WA — higher than 99% of areas.
| 6431, WA | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Menzies | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in the area are larger than usual, with 3.2 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. However, 29.3% of people live alone, which is well above the Western Australian average and has risen since 2011.
29.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6431, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 28%, followed by 2 people (20%) and 6 or more (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.8% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This proportion is among the highest for similar areas, although it fell by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
29.8% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6431, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (20%).
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 6431, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6431/6431-wa/topic/family-households