1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Watalgan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Watalgan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 43% of households in Watalgan consist of just one person, making it an area with very small home groups. This is a striking contrast to the rest of the country, as the typical home here holds far fewer people than most others.
1.7
—
- 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 Watalgan — lower than 94% of areas.
| Watalgan | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 42.9% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home in Watalgan holds only 1.7 people, well below the Queensland average of 2.5.
42.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Watalgan, 1 person is the majority at 69%; 2 people is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Among the families that do exist, couples without children are the most common group at 52.4%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Watalgan, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Watalgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33002/watalgan/topic/family-households