2.1 ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Watchem · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Watchem
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements defines Watchem, where the number of people per home has fallen. Single-person households now make up 36% of the area, meaning more people live alone here than in most similar places.
2.1
▼ -19.2%
- 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 Watchem — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Watchem holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5. This lower number is driven by a high proportion of people living alone, which is far above the state and national rates.
36.0% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Watchem, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 39.2%, followed closely by couples without children at 36.5%. One-parent families account for 12.2%, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
12.2% ▲ +109.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Watchem splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Watchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22714/watchem/topic/family-households