2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallaroo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wallaroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Wallaroo compared to the rest of the country. This trend helps explain why the typical home here holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas. It is a place where small households are the norm.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Wallaroo — lower than 81% of areas.
| Wallaroo | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5556, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-third of households consist of just one person, a figure well above the national rate of 25.6%. This contributes to a smaller typical home size than in South Australia, with 45.1% of homes holding two people.
33.3% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wallaroo, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the local mix, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.9%.
18.2% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallaroo, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Wallaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41518/wallaroo/topic/family-households