2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6753, WA · Postcode
Family & Households in 6753, WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common feature of life in postcode 6753, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most other areas, reflecting a community where families often live together under one roof.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 6753, WA — higher than 86% of areas.
| 6753, WA | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| East Pilbara | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than those in the rest of the country, though the number of people per home has edged down since 2011. About 25% of people live alone, which is about the same as the national figure.
25.0% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6753, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (25%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, who make up 68.6% of the total. Only 10.7% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the Australian average despite rising slightly since 2011.
10.7% ▲ +46.6%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6753, WA, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 6753, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6753/6753-wa/topic/family-households