2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wairewa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wairewa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small, quiet households define daily life in Wairewa, where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person. This makes the area feel much less crowded than the rest of the state, with very few large family groups living here.
2.0
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- 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 Wairewa — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of residents (46.4%) live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, Wairewa has only 2.0 people per home, well below the typical Australian household of 2.5 people.
46.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wairewa, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 42%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, as one-parent families are completely absent. This is far below the 14.1% national average and is much lower than in most similar areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wairewa, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 44%.
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 Wairewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22647/wairewa/topic/family-households