2.0 —
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6571, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6571, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in postcode 6571, where only 2.0 people live in the typical home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where a large number of people live independently.
2.0
—
- 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 6571, WA — lower than 90% of areas.
| 6571, WA | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Victoria Plains | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 37% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This number has risen since 2016, helping explain why the typical home now holds fewer people than it did five years ago.
37.0% —
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6571, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are unusual, with one-parent families making up 0% of the total. This is far below the 14.1% national average and marks a drop of 5 points since the last census.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6571, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).
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 6571, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6571/6571-wa/topic/family-households