2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wentworth · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Wentworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Wentworth than in most similar areas, with 33% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a smaller typical household size than is seen across New South Wales and Australia.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Wentworth — lower than 89% of areas.
| Wentworth | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Wentworth are smaller than the national figure, with only 2.2 people per home. This is among the lowest for similar areas, and it is driven by the high number of single-person households.
33.0% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wentworth splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples, with 55.8% having children and 33.4% without. The proportion of one-parent families is only 9.7%, which is well below the national figure and among the lowest for similar areas.
9.7% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 98% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wentworth, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED145/wentworth/topic/family-households