2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wandering · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wandering
How families and households are made up across the area.
Middle-of-the-road household patterns define Wandering, where family structures are more traditional than in most similar areas. The most striking feature is the very low rate of single-parent families, which sit well below the national figure.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Wandering — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wandering | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6308, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wandering holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. About 22.8% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the state and national averages.
22.8% ▲ +44.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wandering, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 48.4% of the area, while couples without children account for 44.3%. Only 5.3% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
5.3% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Wandering splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Wandering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51518/wandering/topic/family-households