2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6511, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6511, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households define daily life in postcode 6511, where the typical home holds just two people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high proportion of people living independently.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 6511, WA — lower than 90% of areas.
| 6511, WA | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Dandaragan | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than across Australia, with 36.9% of people in single-person households. This figure rose 8.7 percentage points since 2011, contributing to a typical home size that is now among the lowest in the region.
36.9% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6511, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas. At 8.6%, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 13.5% and has fallen since 2011.
8.6% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6511, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 6511, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6511/6511-wa/topic/family-households