3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallaroo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wallaroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower share of people live alone in Wallaroo than across the rest of the country. This area is dominated by larger households, where the typical home holds 3.0 people, compared to the national figure of 2.5. Most homes here are family-based, with very few single-person households.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wallaroo — higher than 86% of areas.
| Wallaroo | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2618 crosses ACT/NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.3% of people live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. This helps explain why the 3.0 people per home is much higher than most areas.
12.3% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wallaroo, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 65.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 5.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.2% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallaroo, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Wallaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14130/wallaroo/topic/family-households