2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterford Park · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Waterford Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Waterford Park than they were in 2011. The area now has a typical household size of 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. While more people live alone here than a decade ago, the community is marked by a high number of one-parent families.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Waterford Park — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the Victorian and Australian figures, with 2.6 people per home. Single-person households rose to 25.0% since 2011, though this remains lower than most other areas.
25.0% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waterford Park, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the area, a figure well above the state and national averages. These families now represent a larger part of the community than they did in 2011.
18.6% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waterford Park, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Waterford Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222099/waterford-park/topic/family-households