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Wanarn · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wanarn

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live together in Wanarn than in most similar areas. This is a place where large households are the norm and very few people live by themselves, with a typical home holding nearly three people.

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📍 Wanarn, Suburb / Locality

Where Wanarn sits — Average household size

2.9 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wanarn — higher than 81% of areas.

Wanarn2.9
0872 crosses NT/SA/WA 3.6
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than the national figure, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling. Only 15.2% of residents live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

Household size

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In Wanarn, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 4 people (15%).

2 people 30.3% 1 person 15.2% 4 people 15.2% 5 people 15.2% 6 or more 15.2% 3 people 9.1%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 27.3% of the community, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1% and among the highest for areas of this type.

Family composition

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In Wanarn, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 29%.

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 Wanarn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51516/wanarn/topic/family-households