3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6740, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6740, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and a high number of single parents shape daily life in postcode 6740. While the typical home holds 3.0 people, there is also a significant number of people living on their own. One-parent families are far more common here than in the rest of the country.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 6740, WA — higher than 93% of areas.
| 6740, WA | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Wyndham-East Kimberley | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the area has some of the highest crowd levels at this level, with 13.6% of homes holding six or more people.
30.1% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 6740, WA, the largest group is 1 person at 30%, followed by 2 people (24%) and 6 or more (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 32.0% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is the second most common family type after couples with children, who account for 48.4%.
32.0% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6740, WA, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by One-parent families (32%) and Couples without children (16%).
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 6740, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6740/6740-wa/topic/family-households