2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6701, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6701, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in postcode 6701 since 2011, contributing to a decline in the usual number of people per home. The area now sees far more single-person households and one-parent families than is typical across Australia.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 6701, WA — lower than 71% of areas.
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Carnarvon | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in the area are smaller than usual, with just 2.3 people per house. This is a little below the national figure, and is driven by the fact that 33.4% of people live alone—a rate well above the Western Australian average.
33.4% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6701, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families in the area are couples with children, while 31.5% are couples without children.
18.2% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6701, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 6701, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6701/6701-wa/topic/family-households