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Family & Households in Wills

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the biggest group in Wills, with 57.5% of families falling into this category. While many homes are family-based, the area also has a notably high number of people living on their own. This mix creates a diverse living landscape across the region.

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📍 Wills, Federal Electorate

Where Wills sits — Average household size

2.4 —

All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Wills — lower than 71% of areas.

Wills2.4
Greater Melbourne 2.6
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly 30% of people in Wills live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.4 people, slightly lower than the 2.5 seen across Australia.

Household size

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Wills splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.

2 people 32.8% 1 person 29.3% 3 people 16.4% 4 people 14.6% 5 people 4.8% 6 or more 2.2%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 12.3% of the total, which is a little below the 14.1% national average. Other family types include couples without children, who account for 28.3% of families.

Family composition

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In Wills, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Wills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED239/wills/topic/family-households