2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterford West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Waterford West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families and people living alone set Waterford West apart from similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, there is a strong mix of small households and larger family units across the suburb.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Waterford West — higher than 57% of areas.
| Waterford West | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4133, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 28.4% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has risen since 2011. Most homes are small, with 30.4% housing two people and 28.4% housing just one person.
28.4% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Waterford West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.6% of the area, which is among the highest for this level and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 54.5%.
22.6% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waterford West, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Waterford West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311051328/waterford-west/topic/family-households