1.9 —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wollongong - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wollongong - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Wollongong - East are couples without children. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than most other areas, with a very high number of people living on their own.
1.9
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- 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 Wollongong - East — lower than 96% of areas.
| Wollongong - East | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2500, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 40% of people here live alone, which is far above the state and national figures. Because of this, the typical home in Wollongong - East has just 1.9 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
39.4% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wollongong - East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 52.3%, while 33.2% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, which is a little below the state and national averages.
12.6% —
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wollongong - East, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with 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 Wollongong - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107041548/wollongong-east/topic/family-households