2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wangaratta · Urban Area
Family & Households in Wangaratta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Wangaratta are couples with children. This is a place where living alone is common, with more than a third of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown over the last decade, contributing to a smaller typical household size than seen across the state.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Wangaratta — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wangaratta holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure and a drop from 2011. This is driven by the high number of people living alone, who make up 34.5% of households—well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
34.5% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wangaratta splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents are much more common here than in most similar areas, representing 18.3% of families. This figure is well above the national rate of 14.1% and has remained steady since 2011.
18.3% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wangaratta, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2019/wangaratta/topic/family-households