2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterloo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waterloo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Waterloo compared to most similar areas. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone, with 29.5% of households consisting of just one person.
2.3
—
- 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 Waterloo — lower than 71% of areas.
| Waterloo | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6228, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national and state figure of 2.5. About 29.5% of residents live alone, a rate well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
29.5% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Waterloo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.6%. One-parent families account for only 8.7% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waterloo, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51545/waterloo/topic/family-households