2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wandiligong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wandiligong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 60% of families in Wandiligong are couples with children, making this the most common household type in the area. This family-heavy mix is reflected in the typical home size, which matches the national figure of 2.5 people per dwelling.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Wandiligong — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the country, at just 21.4%.
21.4% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wandiligong, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 60.5% of the total. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common here at 7.4%, well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.4% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wandiligong, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Wandiligong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22671/wandiligong/topic/family-households