2.7 ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.8
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6434, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6434, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in postcode 6434 than in the rest of the state. While the typical home has 2.7 people, nearly half the population now lives by themselves. This shift is part of a larger change in the area's household makeup over the last decade.
2.7
▼ -28.9%
- 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 6434, WA — higher than 79% of areas.
| 6434, WA | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Kalgoorlie-Boulder | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 44.4% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This is a sharp increase from 2011, though the typical number of people per home has fallen from 3.8 to 2.7 in that time.
Household size
View on map →In 6434, WA, 1 person is the majority at 100%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are far more common here than across Australia, making up 36.1% of families. This is 22 percentage points higher than the national average, despite falling from 48.1% in 2011.
Family composition
View on map →In 6434, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 100%.
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 6434, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6434/6434-wa/topic/family-households