2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waranga Shores · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waranga Shores
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Waranga Shores house just two people. This makes the area's typical household size smaller than the national figure, as many residents live in couples-only arrangements. It is a quiet residential profile where small households are the norm.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Waranga Shores — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. While 51.2% of households contain two people, those living alone make up 21.7%, a figure well below the 25.6% national average.
21.7% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waranga Shores, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 47.4%, while 39% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.6% of the total, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.6% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waranga Shores, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Waranga Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22687/waranga-shores/topic/family-households