2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wharparilla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wharparilla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Wharparilla compared to the rest of the country, with only 9.7% of households being single-person. This is a place where larger households are the norm, and 60% of families are couples with children.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Wharparilla — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Wharparilla are typically larger than average, with 2.9 people per house. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and it is among the lowest areas for people living alone.
9.7% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wharparilla, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60% of families here. One-parent families account for 8.7%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.7% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wharparilla, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Wharparilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22764/wharparilla/topic/family-households