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Whirily · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Whirily

How families and households are made up across the area.

Zero one-parent families define the home life in Whirily. This tiny community is mostly made up of couples with children, which helps explain why homes here are larger than those in most other areas.

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📍 Whirily, Suburb / Locality

Where Whirily sits — Average household size

2.9 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Whirily — higher than 81% of areas.

Whirily2.9
3483, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Whirily are typically larger than elsewhere, with an average of 2.9 people per household. This is a little above the figure for both Victoria and Australia, which sit at 2.5.

Average household size

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2.9 —

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Whirily, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 4 people (33%) and 2 people (27%).

1 person 66.7% 4 people 55.6% 2 people 44.4%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 73.9% of families here, while couples without children account for 21.7%. There are no one-parent families, a figure far below the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Whirily, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

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 Whirily [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22768/whirily/topic/family-households