1.5 —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterholes · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift in living patterns has seen Waterholes become an area where very few people live in each home. The typical household now holds just 1.5 people, which is far below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Waterholes — lower than 99% of areas.
Average household size.
With 1.5 people per home, this is among the lowest levels for the area. This is far below the typical 2.5 people found in Victorian and Australian households.
1.5 —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Waterholes, 1 person is the majority at 100%.
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples without children at 75%, ahead of Couples with children (25%).
In Waterholes, Couples without children is the majority at 75%; Couples with children is next at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Waterholes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22718/waterholes/topic/family-households