2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waratah Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waratah Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Waratah Bay compared to most similar areas. The town has a very low number of single-parent families, with most households consisting of couples.
2.0
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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 Waratah Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are smaller than average, with only 2.0 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This is consistent with the fact that only 20.8% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waratah Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 4 people (27%) and 1 person (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families in Waratah Bay are mostly couples, with 51.4% having no children and 43.2% having children. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waratah Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 46%.
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 Waratah Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22688/waratah-bay/topic/family-households