3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wangoom · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wangoom
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and bigger households define daily life in Wangoom. Most people live in family groups, with the typical home holding 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
3.0
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- 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 Wangoom — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Crowded households are common here, with 37.5% of homes holding two people and 9.4% holding six or more. Only 18.8% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national average.
18.8% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wangoom, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 67.4% of the area. One-parent families are much lower than most areas at 5.5%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
5.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wangoom, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Wangoom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22683/wangoom/topic/family-households