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.
Wingham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher proportions of people living alone than in most similar areas define the household makeup of Wingham. This trend is mirrored in the family data, where one-parent families make up 23.2% of the total, a figure well above the national average.
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 Wingham — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wingham | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2429, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Wingham are smaller than usual, with 2.3 people per dwelling. This is a little below the New South Wales figure and reflects a rise in single-person households, which now make up 30.8% of the area.
30.8% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wingham, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are among the highest at this level, accounting for 23.2% of families. This is well above the Australian figure of 14.1% and has risen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
23.2% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wingham, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Wingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051171/wingham/topic/family-households