2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6638, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6638, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people in postcode 6638 live on their own, which is one of the highest rates for this area type. This high number of single-person homes means that, overall, households here are smaller than in most other parts of the country.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 6638, WA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 6638, WA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Mount Magnet | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds only 2.1 people, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This is a little below the national average of 2.5, with 38.3% of residents living alone.
38.3% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6638, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (40%), with 4 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.4% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
23.4% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6638, WA splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (38%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families 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 6638, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6638/6638-wa/topic/family-households