2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waverley · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Waverley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Waverley sits around the middle of similar areas for its household patterns, but it is notably different from the rest of the country. Nearly 30% of homes are occupied by just one person, which is well above the national figure. Most households are small, with the typical home holding 2.3 people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Waverley — lower than 71% of areas.
| Waverley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here at 29.9%, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 36%, while the number of people per home has stayed steady at 2.3 since 2011.
29.9% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waverley, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The proportion of one-parent families is 9.6%, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.5%, followed by couples without children at 31.9%.
9.6% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waverley, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18050/waverley/topic/family-households