2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wantirna · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wantirna
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Wantirna than in most similar areas. The neighborhood is dominated by family households, with a typical home holding 2.8 people. This is higher than the national figure of 2.5.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wantirna — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 17.2%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.8 people is higher than the Victorian average.
17.2% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wantirna, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in the area are couples with children, making up 63.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.5%, a figure that is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.5% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wantirna, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Wantirna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011259/wantirna/topic/family-households