2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Werrimull · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Werrimull
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of single-parent families is the most striking feature of Werrimull's home life. While the typical household is small, the area stands out from the rest of the state and country due to its unique family makeup.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Werrimull — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Werrimull are slightly smaller than the national figure, with typically 2.3 people per house. This is partly because 30.8% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
30.8% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Werrimull splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.8% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Other families mostly consist of couples with children (41.7%) or couples without (30.6%).
27.8% ▲ +531.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Werrimull, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Werrimull [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22752/werrimull/topic/family-households