2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waverton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waverton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Waverton, where only 2.1 people live in the typical home. This is much lower than most areas, reflecting a community where nearly a third of residents live entirely on their own.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Waverton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Waverton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2060, NSW | 1.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 31.0% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why households are smaller here, with 40.8% of homes containing only two people.
31.0% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waverton, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.3% of families, while couples without children account for 41.2%. One-parent families represent 9.4% of the total, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
9.4% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waverton, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Waverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14219/waverton/topic/family-households