3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterfall · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waterfall
How families and households are made up across the area.
A little more than 3 people typically live in each home in Waterfall, which is higher than the national figure of 2.5. This area is heavily defined by larger households and a very low number of people living on their own.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Waterfall — higher than 86% of areas.
| Waterfall | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2233, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.9% of people live alone here, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%. This helps explain why households are larger than most areas, with 27.3% of homes holding two people and 21.5% holding four.
16.9% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waterfall, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63%. One-parent families account for 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.3% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waterfall, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Waterfall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14200/waterfall/topic/family-households