2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wangandary · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wangandary
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Wangandary, making it a place where most residents share their homes. This is a family-oriented area where over half of all households consist of couples raising children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Wangandary — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Half of all homes here are occupied by two people, while only 14.5% of residents live alone. This is far below the Victorian and national figures of around 26%.
14.5% ▲ +39.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wangandary, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 54.3% of the community, while one-parent families are very rare at just 1.8%. This is far below the national rate of 14.1%.
1.8% ▼ -74.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wangandary, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 44%.
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 Wangandary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22678/wangandary/topic/family-households