2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wandana Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wandana Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Wandana Heights compared to the rest of the state. This is a community where large households are the norm, with the typical home holding 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Wandana Heights — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The area has a much lower rate of single-person households than most areas, at just 12.9%. This is far below the 25.6% national average, with 36% of homes containing two people and 23.8% holding four.
12.9% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wandana Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 68.5%. The rate of one-parent families is only 5.6%, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
5.6% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wandana Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next 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 Wandana Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22669/wandana-heights/topic/family-households