2.4 —
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wollongong - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wollongong - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of homes in Wollongong - West are occupied by people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a residential mix where single-person households are much more common than in other parts of the country. Most homes here are small, with two people being the most common household size.
2.4
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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 - West — lower than 64% of areas.
| Wollongong - West | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2500, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.7% of people live alone, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This has contributed to the typical number of people per home edging down to 2.4 since 2016.
29.7% —
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wollongong - West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.1% of families, while one-parent families account for 14.1%. This last figure is about the same as the state and national averages, though it has fallen 1.5 percentage points since 2016.
14.1% —
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wollongong - West, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107041549/wollongong-west/topic/family-households