2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6608, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6608, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most areas define postcode 6608, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This is a family-heavy region where couples with children make up the largest share of the population.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 6608, WA — higher than 86% of areas.
| 6608, WA | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Dalwallinu | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling, a figure that has edged up since 2011. While 23.7% of people live alone—a bit lower than the national figure—about 23.7% of households consist of four people.
23.7% ▲ +24.0%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6608, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (26%), with 4 people at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 62.6%. Single-parent families make up 11.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian average, though this figure rose 6.9 points since 2011.
11.0% ▲ +167.9%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6608, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 6608, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6608/6608-wa/topic/family-households