2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wombat Creek · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families is the most striking feature of Wombat Creek, where family life is dominated by couples. This small community has a very different family makeup compared to the rest of the state and nation.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wombat Creek — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Wombat Creek holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Wombat Creek, 2 people is the majority at 100%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.9% of families, while couples without children account for 42.9%. The absence of one-parent families is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Wombat Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wombat Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22821/wombat-creek/topic/family-households