1.7 ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walwa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walwa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all households in Walwa consist of just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small home sizes, with a typical home holding only 1.7 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.7
▼ -19.0%
- 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 Walwa — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 42.4% of all households. This is far above the Victorian average of 25.9%, and it helps explain why the typical home size is so small.
42.4% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walwa, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (42%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the biggest family group at 55.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.8% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.8% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walwa, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
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 Walwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22668/walwa/topic/family-households