2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6472, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6472, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 6472 than in the rest of the state, with 30.9% of households consisting of a single person. This creates a distinct contrast to the area's families, where couples with children make up the majority. Overall, homes here are slightly larger than the national average, typically housing 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 6472, WA — higher than 71% of areas.
| 6472, WA | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Mount Marshall | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households have risen by 8.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 30.9%, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. While two-person homes are the most common at 41.8%, the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly to 2.6.
30.9% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6472, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 8.9%, the share of single-parent homes is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.9% ▲ +29.5%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6472, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 6472, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6472/6472-wa/topic/family-households