2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wongarra · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Wongarra, where the typical home holds only 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a local trend toward smaller living arrangements.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wongarra — lower than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
About 30% of people live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 75% of the area.
2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
30.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Wongarra, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 24%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 61.1% of families here. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below the 14.1% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Wongarra, Couples without children is the majority at 73%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wongarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22826/wongarra/topic/family-households