2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wattle Range · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Wattle Range
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 32% of households in Wattle Range are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This trend has risen since 2011, contributing to a typical household size of 2.3 people. While many residents live alone, nearly half of all families in the area consist of couples with children.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Wattle Range — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wattle Range | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here, with 31.9% of homes housing just one person. This is much higher than the 25.6% seen across Australia, and the number of people living alone has risen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
31.9% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wattle Range, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 49.3%, while couples without children account for 36.5%. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, which is slightly lower than the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
13.3% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wattle Range, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Wattle Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48340/wattle-range/topic/family-households