2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wangan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wangan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of people living alone than the national average defines Wangan, where 29% of households are single-person homes. This trend stands out against the broader state and national figures, though the typical home still holds about 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Wangan — higher than 50% of areas.
| Wangan | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 29% of all households, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. Two-person households are the most frequent, accounting for 35.7% of the total.
29.0% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wangan, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.2% of the community, a figure much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average. Most families are couples with children, representing 53.7% of the total.
16.2% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wangan, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Wangan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32981/wangan/topic/family-households