2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waikerie · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Waikerie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty per cent of people in Waikerie live alone, a figure far above the national average. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a landscape where households are typically smaller than in most other areas.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Waikerie — lower than 86% of areas.
| Waikerie | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5330, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 40.4% of residents living alone, the typical home in Waikerie holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the Australian figure of 2.5 and represents a slight decrease since 2011.
40.4% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Waikerie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the local mix, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 42%.
17.5% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Waikerie splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 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 Waikerie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415045/waikerie/topic/family-households