2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6537, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6537, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone shapes the daily life of postcode 6537, where 37.7% of households are single-person homes. This far exceeds the national figure, contributing to a smaller typical household size than most other areas.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 6537, WA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 6537, WA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Shark Bay | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.1 people, which is a little below the Australian figure and much lower than most areas. This is driven by a high rate of people living alone, which rose to 37.7% since 2011.
37.7% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6537, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.9% of families, while 43.8% are couples without children. One-parent families are well below the state and national figures at just 6.7%, a figure that fell 5.3 points since 2011.
6.7% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6537, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 6537, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6537/6537-wa/topic/family-households