2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Weddin · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Weddin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Weddin than in most similar areas, with 34.3% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical household size that is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Weddin — lower than 86% of areas.
| Weddin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Weddin holds 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that 34.3% of residents live alone—a figure that rose by 5.1 percentage points since 2011 and sits well above the national average.
34.3% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Weddin, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.8% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 13.1%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure and has barely changed over the last decade.
13.1% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Weddin, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Weddin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18100/weddin/topic/family-households