2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wandering · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Wandering
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life in Wandering is centered on couples, with over half of all families including children. The area is less likely than most of the country to have single-parent homes, creating a household landscape dominated by pairs and larger family units.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Wandering — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wandering | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure. While 22.5% of people live alone—a figure that rose 8.0 points since 2011—this is still well below the Australian average.
22.5% ▲ +54.9%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wandering, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.1% of families, while those without children account for 40.3%. Only 6.1% of families are one-parent households, which is well below both the state and national figures.
6.1% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wandering, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Wandering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58680/wandering/topic/family-households