2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6507, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6507, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in postcode 6507 are couples with children, making this the most common living arrangement. The area is largely made up of family groups and two-person homes, though a growing number of residents now live on their own.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 6507, WA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 6507, WA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Dandaragan | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure and has barely changed since 2011. However, the proportion of people living alone has risen 9.8 percentage points to 27%, which is a little above the Western Australian average.
27.0% ▲ +56.8%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6507, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.2% of the population, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 47.7% having children and 46.2% without.
6.2% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6507, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 6507, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6507/6507-wa/topic/family-households