2.2 —
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wangaratta · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wangaratta
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living on their own in Wangaratta than in most other similar areas. This shift is clear in the data, with a significant rise in one-person homes and a drop in the typical number of people sharing a roof.
2.2
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- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Wangaratta — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wangaratta holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a sharp increase in people living alone, who now make up 34.6% of households—well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
34.6% —
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 34.6%
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 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the local total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a notable increase from 2016, when only 8.8% of families fell into this category.
18.3% —
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 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/ucl/UCL213016/wangaratta/topic/family-households