Analysis of the household/family types in Waverley Council Area in 2021 compared to SSROC region shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 24.4% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 6.5% were one-parent families, compared with 28.4% and 9.0% respectively for SSROC region.
There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 28.3% compared to 25.9% in SSROC region while the proportion of couples without children was 25.3% compared to 24.6% in SSROC region.