2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waroona · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Waroona
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Waroona than in most similar areas. While the typical household size has edged down slightly to 2.4 people, this remains about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. The area is largely made up of couples and single-person households.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Waroona — lower than 64% of areas.
| Waroona | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6215, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households now make up 28% of the area, which is a little above the national figure and a rise of 2.9 percentage points since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, accounting for 39.6% of all households.
28.0% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waroona, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.8%, which is a little below the state and national figures and a drop of 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waroona, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Waroona
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Waroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021016/waroona/topic/family-households