2.3 —
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6476, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6476, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families is the most striking feature of postcode 6476, where three-quarters of all families are couples with children. This is a place where households are predominantly family-based, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
—
- 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 6476, WA — lower than 71% of areas.
| 6476, WA | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Mount Marshall | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5, though this has risen since 2016. Only 14.3% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
Household size
View on map →In 6476, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (17%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75% of families, while those without children account for 22.2%. There are no one-parent families, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 6.8 percentage points since 2016.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6476, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 6476, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6476/6476-wa/topic/family-households