2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6505, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6505, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 80% of families in postcode 6505, making this the dominant household type for the area. The region is characterised by larger living arrangements, with a typical home holding 2.7 people, which is much higher than most similar areas.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 6505, WA — higher than 79% of areas.
| 6505, WA | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Chittering | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are generally larger than in most other areas, and the typical household size has grown from 2.5 to 2.7 people since 2011. While about 28% of people live alone, this is only a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
27.9% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6505, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (26%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are almost non-existent at 0.0%, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%. This represents a further decline from 2011, when they made up 4% of families.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6505, 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 6505, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6505/6505-wa/topic/family-households