2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wangaratta South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wangaratta South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Wangaratta South than in most other areas, with only 2.8% of the total. This creates a landscape where couples dominate the local housing scene. Most homes here are shared, and the typical household is slightly larger than the national figure.
2.7
▲ +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 Wangaratta South — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wangaratta South holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 18.1%, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
18.1% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wangaratta South, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 61.0%. This explains why one-parent families are so rare, at just 2.8%, a figure far below the state and national averages.
2.8% ▼ -53.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wangaratta South, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Wangaratta South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22681/wangaratta-south/topic/family-households