2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
6798, OT · Postcode
Family & Households in 6798, OT
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.0% of families in postcode 6798, which is the most common family type here. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, there has been a notable rise in people living by themselves over the last decade.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 6798, OT — higher than 57% of areas.
| 6798, OT | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Christmas Island | 2.5 |
| Other Territories | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.0% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen by 7.0 percentage points since 2011. Most homes have one or two people, though the typical household size of 2.5 people has edged down slightly over time.
31.0% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →6798, OT splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.6% of the total, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
8.6% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 6798, OT, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 6798, OT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6798/6798-ot/topic/family-households