1.8 —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6489, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6489, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in postcode 6489 are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has very small homes, with a typical size well below the national figure.
1.8
—
- 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 6489, WA — lower than 99% of areas.
| 6489, WA | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Trayning | 1.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 52.4% of households, a figure that rose 17 points since 2016 and is far above the national average. Consequently, the typical home has only 1.8 people, which is among the lowest across similar areas.
52.4% —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6489, WA, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 34%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 48.9%. One-parent families make up 11.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.1% —
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6489, WA, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 6489, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6489/6489-wa/topic/family-households