2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Wyalong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in West Wyalong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in West Wyalong are couples with children. While this is the most common family type, the area has a very high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is West Wyalong — lower than 71% of areas.
| West Wyalong | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2671, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This contributes to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure.
31.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Wyalong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 33.0% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.4%. This last group is about the same as the state and national figures, though the proportion has risen by 2.9 points since 2011.
13.4% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Wyalong, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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 West Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021069/west-wyalong/topic/family-households