2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6635, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6635, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward living alone has defined postcode 6635 since 2011, with the number of single-person households rising by 15 percentage points. While many people live alone, the area still has a higher number of people per home than the national figure.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 6635, WA — higher than 86% of areas.
| 6635, WA | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Yalgoo | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 39% of people here live alone, which is far above the 25.6% national figure. Despite this, the typical home still holds 2.8 people, though this is a little lower than it was in 2011.
38.6% ▲ +65.4%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6635, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (18%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.6% of the area, a figure that is far above the national level and has risen 13 points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 37.8%.
34.6% ▲ +60.6%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6635, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (35%), with Couples without children at 24%.
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 6635, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6635/6635-wa/topic/family-households