2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whanregarwen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whanregarwen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller than typical homes define Whanregarwen, where the usual household has just 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure and reflects a community where more than a quarter of residents live on their own.
2.2
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- 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 Whanregarwen — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.6% of people here live alone, which is well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are smaller than in most areas, with 55.1% of households containing only two people.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whanregarwen, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 32%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 47.9% of families, while those with children account for 38.5%. One-parent families make up 9.4%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whanregarwen, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Whanregarwen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22763/whanregarwen/topic/family-households