Wail · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wail

How families and households are made up across the area.

Very few one-parent families live in Wail compared to other similar areas. This is a small community where 41.7% of families are couples with children and the typical home holds 2.4 people.

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Where Wail sits — Average household size

2.4 —
  • 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 Wail — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wail2.4
3401, VIC 2.7
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Wail has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figure for both Victoria and Australia.

2.4 —

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Wail, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (25%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 8.3% of the local total, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.

8.3% —

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.3%
  • 2021: 8.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wail, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (10%).

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 Wail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22646/wail/topic/family-households