Warringah · Federal Electorate

Family & Households in Warringah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 62.4% of families in Warringah, forming the biggest household group in the area. Most homes here are similar to those across the country, though the number of people living in each home has risen since 2011.

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📍 Warringah, Federal Electorate

Where Warringah sits — Average household size

2.5 ▲ +19.0%
  • 1.5: 1 area
  • 1.6: 0 areas
  • 1.7: 1 area
  • 1.8: 0 areas
  • 1.9: 2 areas
  • 2.0: 1 area
  • 2.1: 1 area
  • 2.2: 3 areas
  • 2.3: 23 areas
  • 2.4: 27 areas
  • 2.5: 26 areas
  • 2.6: 22 areas
  • 2.7: 16 areas
  • 2.8: 8 areas
  • 2.9: 9 areas
  • 3.0: 5 areas
  • 3.1: 6 areas
  • 3.2: 2 areas
  • 3.3: 1 area

All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Warringah — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Warringah2.5
Greater Sydney 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Warringah has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 26.5% of people live alone, this is a drop of 9.2 percentage points since 2011.

2.5 ▲ +19.0%

Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.5% ▼ -25.9%

Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 35.7%
  • 2016: 25.4%
  • 2021: 26.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Warringah, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 9.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This proportion has also fallen slightly since 2011.

9.3% ▼ -16.4%

Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 11.1%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 9.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Warringah, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Warringah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED143/warringah/topic/family-households