2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walpeup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walpeup
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Walpeup than in most other areas, making up 25.5% of the community. This is significantly above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is sparsely populated, with a small number of households and varied family structures.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Walpeup — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 34.4% of people in single-person households. This helps explain why the typical home holds just 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
34.4% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Walpeup splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.5% of the total, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Couples without children are the most common family type at 38.2%, followed by couples with children at 36.4%.
25.5% ▲ +219.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Walpeup splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (38%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 25%.
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 Walpeup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22667/walpeup/topic/family-households