2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterloo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waterloo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life in Waterloo has remained steady over the last decade, with home sizes and structures mirroring national patterns. The area is a mix of family units and single residents, with 41.6% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.4
—
- 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 Waterloo — lower than 57% of areas.
| Waterloo | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4673, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Waterloo holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Roughly one quarter of all households consist of a single person living alone.
24.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waterloo, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.4% of the population, which is well below both the state and national figures. Couples with or without children make up the vast majority of families here.
10.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Waterloo splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33006/waterloo/topic/family-households