2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warrnambool · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Warrnambool
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes has shaped the living patterns in Warrnambool since 2011. While most families are couples with children, the area now sees far more people living alone than the national average. This shift contributes to smaller typical households across the region.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Warrnambool — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 31.5% of people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Warrnambool holds 2.3 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
31.5% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Warrnambool splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 51.9% of families are couples with children, but one-parent families are much more common than in most areas. At 16.1%, this is a little above both the Victorian and national figures.
16.1% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warrnambool, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22710/warrnambool/topic/family-households