1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6485, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6485, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all households in postcode 6485 are made up of just one person. This makes the area much less crowded than the state average, with far fewer people sharing a home than in most other parts of Australia.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 6485, WA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 6485, WA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Wyalkatchem | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with 45.5% of people living alone—a figure that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
45.5% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6485, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.9% of the area, which is much higher than most other areas. While couples without children are the most common family type at 42.9%, the proportion of one-parent families has grown by 4.2 points over the last decade.
16.9% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6485, WA, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 6485, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6485/6485-wa/topic/family-households