2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waite · State Electorate
Family & Households in Waite
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much lower share of people live alone in Waite compared to the rest of South Australia. Most homes here are family-based, with the typical household containing 2.6 people, which is slightly more than the state figure.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Waite — higher than 57% of areas.
| Waite | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 20.6% in single-person homes—a figure well below the national average. This trend has strengthened since 2011, and as a result, homes are slightly larger than usual with 2.6 people per dwelling.
20.6% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waite, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are the norm, as 63.2% of households consist of couples with children. Only 9.3% are one-parent families, which is among the lowest proportion seen at this level and well below the state and national figures.
9.3% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waite, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Waite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40045/waite/topic/family-households