2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wimbledon Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wimbledon Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Thirty per cent of people in Wimbledon Heights live alone, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is lower than in most other areas. While many homes are small, over half of the families here are couples raising children.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Wimbledon Heights — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with two-person homes making up 40% of the total. This helps explain why the typical household size is just 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
30.0% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wimbledon Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57% of families, while couples without children account for 34.1%. Only 8.9% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the state and national averages.
8.9% ▼ -52.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wimbledon Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Wimbledon Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22801/wimbledon-heights/topic/family-households