2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wattle Bank · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wattle Bank
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Wattle Bank, with only 6.2% of households consisting of one person. This makes the area much more family-oriented than the state and national averages. Most homes are larger and more crowded, typically holding nearly three people.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Wattle Bank — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wattle Bank holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This higher density is reflected in the breakdown, where 39.5% of households have two people and another 22.2% have three.
6.2% ▼ -52.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wattle Bank, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 65.3%. One-parent families account for 9.7%, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
9.7% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wattle Bank, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Wattle Bank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22724/wattle-bank/topic/family-households