2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wagga Wagga · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Wagga Wagga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Wagga Wagga are couples with children, making up 57.2% of the family mix. This reflects a community where family units remain the primary way of living. Most homes here house about 2.5 people, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Wagga Wagga — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wagga Wagga | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Wagga Wagga hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While two-person households are the most common at 33.5%, the share of people living alone has risen to 27.7%, slightly above the state average.
27.7% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
15.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17750/wagga-wagga/topic/family-households