2.8 ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallaroo Plain · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wallaroo Plain
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Wallaroo Plain have shifted since 2011, with a strong presence of families now shaping the area. More than half of the families here are couples with children, contributing to a typical home size that is larger than the national figure.
2.8
▲ +21.7%
- 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 Plain — higher than 76% of areas.
| Wallaroo Plain | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5556, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Wallaroo Plain hold 2.8 people on average, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4.
Household size
View on map →In Wallaroo Plain, 2 people is the majority at 65%; 4 people is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.1% of families, while couples without children account for 29.7%. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallaroo Plain, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41520/wallaroo-plain/topic/family-households