2.6 —
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6504, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6504, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and few single-person homes define daily life in postcode 6504. It is an area where families and couples dominate, with a typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
—
- 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 6504, WA — higher than 71% of areas.
| 6504, WA | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Chittering | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and up from 2.4 in 2016. Very few people live alone here, at just 17.1%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
17.1% —
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6504, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.0% of families, while one-parent families are far below the national figure at only 2.8%. This last group has seen a drop of 3.9 percentage points since 2016.
2.8% —
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6504, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 45%.
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 6504, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6504/6504-wa/topic/family-households