2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walpa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walpa
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Walpa than in most similar areas, with 29% of households consisting of just one person. This stands out as a key feature of the area's residential makeup, though the typical home still holds about 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Walpa — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 29% of all households, which is well above the 25.9% figure for Victoria. The most frequent household size is two people, accounting for 37.1% of homes.
29.0% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walpa, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families here are couples with children, while 36.6% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
9.8% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walpa, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Walpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22666/walpa/topic/family-households