2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wangaratta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wangaratta
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Wangaratta than in most similar areas, which shapes the daily life of the town. Single-person households make up 34.5% of the community, contributing to a trend of smaller living arrangements across the region.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Wangaratta — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than average, with just 2.2 people per dwelling, a figure that has edged down since 2011. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which are well above the national figure of 25.6%.
34.5% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wangaratta splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, which is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 49.9%.
18.3% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wangaratta, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021066/wangaratta/topic/family-households