2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wavell Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wavell Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Wavell Heights, where a high proportion of people live in family groups. The area is dominated by couples with children, which helps explain why far fewer people live alone here compared to the national average.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Wavell Heights — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wavell Heights | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4012, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Wavell Heights hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 20.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
20.2% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wavell Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 67.2%. One-parent families account for 10.5%, which is much lower than in most other areas and well below the Queensland figure.
10.5% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wavell Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Wavell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302021034/wavell-heights/topic/family-households