2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 2.9 people live in the typical home in Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek, which is much higher than most areas. This is a place where large households are common and very few people live by themselves.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.3% of people live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%. While this has risen slightly since 2011, homes here remain larger than usual, with 23.5% of households containing four people.
14.3% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common here, with 68.7% of families being couples with children. One-parent families make up 10.5% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.5% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Glen - Diamond Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209031215/wattle-glen-diamond-creek/topic/family-households