2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walliston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walliston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Walliston than in most other areas, with an average of 2.8 people per home. This creates a community where large households are common and few people live by themselves.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Walliston — higher than 76% of areas.
| Walliston | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6076, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few residents live alone here, at just 17%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than usual, with 36.8% of households containing two people and 18.1% containing four.
17.0% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walliston, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common, with couples with children making up 61.6% of all families. One-parent families make up 12.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Western Australian average.
12.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walliston, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Walliston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51508/walliston/topic/family-households