2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waitpinga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waitpinga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Waitpinga compared to the rest of the country. This sparsely populated area sees a high proportion of residents living in couples, with over half of all families including children.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Waitpinga — higher than 50% of areas.
| Waitpinga | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5211, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 17.6% of households consist of one person, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.6% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waitpinga, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 4 people is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.6% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here at 6.3%. This is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
6.3% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waitpinga, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Waitpinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41512/waitpinga/topic/family-households