2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wauchope · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wauchope
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the population in Wauchope, a figure well above the national average. This high proportion of single-parent homes is a key feature of the local family landscape. Most residents live in households of two or more people.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wauchope — higher than 57% of areas.
| Wauchope | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2446, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Wauchope typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of Australia, with only 22.3% of households consisting of a single person.
22.3% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wauchope, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families are couples with children, while 17.9% are one-parent families. This last group is much more common here than in most other areas and sits well above the New South Wales average.
17.9% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wauchope, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Wauchope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108041166/wauchope/topic/family-households