3.3 ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Werriwa · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Werriwa
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Werriwa holds 3.3 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the areas with the highest household occupancy across the region. Large households are the norm here, with very few people living on their own.
3.3
▲ +10.0%
- 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 Werriwa — higher than 99% of areas.
| Werriwa | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.4% of people live alone, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 25%. This trend has strengthened since 2011, and it helps explain why 22.6% of homes now house four people.
14.4% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Werriwa splits fairly evenly between 4 people (23%) and 2 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 69.3% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 16.3%, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011.
16.3% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Werriwa, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; One-parent families is next at 16%.
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 Werriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED146/werriwa/topic/family-households