2.4 ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6646, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6646, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in postcode 6646 than in most similar areas, with 42.9% of households consisting of just one person. This shift toward smaller living arrangements is reflected in the typical home size, which dropped from 3.5 people in 2011 to 2.4 in 2021.
2.4
▼ -31.4%
- 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 6646, WA — lower than 57% of areas.
| 6646, WA | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Wiluna | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 42.9% of people live alone here, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. While the typical home now holds 2.4 people, this is about the same as the rest of Australia.
42.9% ▲ +83.0%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6646, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (36%), with 5 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 35.6% of the total, a figure far above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. This is one of the highest proportions for this type of family among similar areas, despite a small drop since 2011.
35.6% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →6646, WA splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (34%) and Couples without children (31%), with Couples with children at 30%.
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 6646, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6646/6646-wa/topic/family-households