3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wattle Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Wattle Grove than in most similar areas, contributing to a strong family feel. This suburb is dominated by large households, with a typical home holding 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Wattle Grove — higher than 88% of areas.
| Wattle Grove | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2173, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, at just 12.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why typical homes are larger, with 26.2% of households containing four people.
12.7% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wattle Grove splits fairly evenly between 4 people (26%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.5%. One-parent families account for 12.2%, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
12.2% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wattle Grove, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14210/wattle-grove/topic/family-households