2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallaroo Mines · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wallaroo Mines
How families and households are made up across the area.
Higher numbers of single-person homes set Wallaroo Mines apart from most similar areas. While about half of the families here are couples with children, the typical home is smaller than the national figure, with only 2.3 people per household.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Mines — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wallaroo Mines | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5554, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of people live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 35.5% of all households.
30.1% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wallaroo Mines, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 50.3%.
15.5% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallaroo Mines, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Mines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41519/wallaroo-mines/topic/family-households