1.9 ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6443, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6443, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in postcode 6443 are occupied by just one person. This trend toward smaller households has grown since 2011, creating a landscape where single-person living is far more common than in the rest of Western Australia.
1.9
▼ -13.6%
- 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 6443, WA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 6443, WA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Dundas | 1.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, a figure that rose to 50.6% in 2021.
50.6% ▲ +45.6%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6443, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.4% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 38.4%.
23.4% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6443, WA, the largest group is Couples without children at 39%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 6443, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6443/6443-wa/topic/family-households