2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wantirna · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wantirna
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 64% of families in Wantirna are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. This high proportion of families with children helps explain why homes here are larger than typical, with 2.8 people per household.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wantirna — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With a typical home holding 2.8 people, Wantirna has a higher density per dwelling than the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 17.1%, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.1% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wantirna, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.8%, while couples without children account for 24.1%. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, a figure that is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
11.5% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wantirna, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Wantirna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22685/wantirna/topic/family-households