2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warrak · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Warrak have remained steady over the last decade, though the area is now much less likely to have people living alone than other parts of the country. With only 10.7% of households consisting of a single person, most residents live in multi-person homes.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Warrak — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Warrak has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. It is rare for people to live by themselves here, with only 10.7% of households being single-person homes, a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
10.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Warrak, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 5 people (22%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.9%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up only 5.3% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Warrak, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Warrak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22701/warrak/topic/family-households