3.3 ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wattle Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 75% of families in Wattle Grove have children, making it a primary destination for parents. This focus on family life is reflected in the high number of people living in each home, which is well above the national figure.
3.3
▲ +6.5%
- 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 Wattle Grove — higher than 91% of areas.
| Wattle Grove | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 6107, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.3 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that only 11% of people live alone, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
11.0% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wattle Grove splits fairly evenly between 4 people (29%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.9% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.5% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wattle Grove, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51549/wattle-grove/topic/family-households