2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wentworth-Balranald Region · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wentworth-Balranald Region
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in the Wentworth-Balranald Region are couples with children, making this the most common family type. The area has a balanced household mix, with a typical home holding 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▲ +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 Wentworth-Balranald Region — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wentworth-Balranald Region | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2715, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 37.8% of all households. About 26.5% of people here live alone, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is slightly above the New South Wales average.
26.5% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wentworth-Balranald Region, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure. This proportion has rose slightly by 1.4 percentage points since the 2011 census.
11.1% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wentworth-Balranald Region, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Wentworth-Balranald Region [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/109021179/wentworth-balranald-region/topic/family-households