2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Watton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Watton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share every home in Watton than in most similar areas, with a strong focus on family living. Only 15.4% of households consist of a single person, creating a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
—
- 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 Watton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Watton | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that 34.6% of households contain three people, while those living alone are far below the national figure of 25.6%.
15.4% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Watton, 3 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 56.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.8%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.8% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Watton, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Watton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14213/watton/topic/family-households