2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6535, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6535, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in postcode 6535 than in most other areas, with 30.6% of households consisting of just one person. This trend is well above the national figure of 25.6% and is driven by a rise in single-person homes since 2011.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 6535, WA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 6535, WA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Northampton | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with a typical size of 2.2 people. This is a little below the state and national figures, and the number has edged down since 2011.
30.6% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6535, WA, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 44.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.7%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
10.7% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6535, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 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 6535, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6535/6535-wa/topic/family-households