2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Watsonia North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Watsonia North
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Watsonia North than in most similar areas, with 2.7 people living in the typical home. This reflects a community where family living is the norm and few people live by themselves.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Watsonia North — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.6% of households are people living alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Larger homes are common here, with 23.2% of households containing four people.
17.6% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Watsonia North, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.8%. One-parent families account for 11.3% of the total, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
11.3% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Watsonia North, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Watsonia North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22722/watsonia-north/topic/family-households