2.6 ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitlam · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Whitlam
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Whitlam than they were a decade ago, with the typical household size climbing from 2.1 to 2.6 people since 2011. This shift is seen in the drop in people living alone, which fell 12 percentage points over that time. These changes highlight a move toward larger family units in the area.
2.6
▲ +23.8%
- 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 Whitlam — higher than 57% of areas.
| Whitlam | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Whitlam holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures. While 35.2% of homes have two people, those living alone make up 23.7% of households, a figure a little below the New South Wales average.
23.7% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whitlam, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.6%. One-parent families account for 16.0% of the total, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
16.0% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whitlam, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Whitlam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED147/whitlam/topic/family-households