2.2 ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warooka · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live on their own in Warooka than in most other similar areas. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size than seen across South Australia and the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Warooka — lower than 76% of areas.
| Warooka | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5577, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
A typical home in Warooka houses 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 36.7% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
2.2 ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
36.7% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Warooka splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 10%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children.
17.9% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Warooka, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (18%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Warooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41538/warooka/topic/family-households