2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wattle Camp · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wattle Camp
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone defines daily life in Wattle Camp, where 32.3% of households are single-person homes. This is well above both the Queensland and national figures, making it a place where smaller households are far more common than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Wattle Camp — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wattle Camp | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4615, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than typical, with 2.3 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high rate of single occupants, while two-person households are the most common group at 40%.
32.3% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wattle Camp, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of all families are couples with children, and another 40.1% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
13.3% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wattle Camp, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Wattle Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33009/wattle-camp/topic/family-households