2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 1.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wangara · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wangara
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Wangara than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, a striking 21.4% of families are led by a single parent, which is well above the national figure.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Wangara — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wangara | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6065, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20% of people here live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most homes hold either one or four people, with the typical household size of 2.4 being about the same as the state average.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wangara, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 4 people (30%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.4% of the total, which is well above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. Couples with children are the most common group at 57.1%, followed by couples without children at 39.3%.
21.4% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wangara, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Wangara
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wangara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51523/wangara/topic/family-households