2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Watheroo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Watheroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group in Watheroo, where 62.8% of families fit this description. The area is sparsely populated and largely non-residential, but it has a slightly higher rate of people living alone than the national average.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Watheroo — higher than 50% of areas.
| Watheroo | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6513, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.3% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. With 2.5 people per home, the typical household size is about the same as across Western Australia and the rest of the country.
28.3% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Watheroo, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.9% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
14.9% ▲ +109.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Watheroo, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Watheroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51547/watheroo/topic/family-households