2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterford West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waterford West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in five families in Waterford West are led by a single parent, which is much higher than in most other areas. This makes the suburb a key hub for one-parent households, while the typical home holds 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Waterford West — higher than 57% of areas.
| Waterford West | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4133, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people here live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Despite this, the number of people per home is slightly higher than the Queensland figure of 2.5.
30.4% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Waterford West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.9% of the area, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 53.9%.
21.9% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waterford West, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Waterford West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33005/waterford-west/topic/family-households