Warringah · Sub-region (SA3)

Family & Households in Warringah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Warringah, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This is a family-heavy region with a very low number of single-parent homes compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Warringah, Sub-region (SA3)

Where Warringah sits — Average household size

2.7 → 0.0%
  • 1.0: 1 area
  • 1.1: 0 areas
  • 1.2: 0 areas
  • 1.3: 0 areas
  • 1.4: 0 areas
  • 1.5: 1 area
  • 1.6: 0 areas
  • 1.7: 1 area
  • 1.8: 2 areas
  • 1.9: 4 areas
  • 2.0: 3 areas
  • 2.1: 7 areas
  • 2.2: 17 areas
  • 2.3: 60 areas
  • 2.4: 55 areas
  • 2.5: 57 areas
  • 2.6: 43 areas
  • 2.7: 19 areas
  • 2.8: 27 areas
  • 2.9: 16 areas
  • 3.0: 13 areas
  • 3.1: 6 areas
  • 3.2: 5 areas
  • 3.3: 2 areas
  • 3.4: 1 area
  • 3.5: 1 area
  • 3.6: 0 areas
  • 3.7: 0 areas
  • 3.8: 1 area
  • 3.9: 0 areas
  • 4.0: 1 area

All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Warringah — higher than 79% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Warringah2.7
Greater Sydney 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 22.3% of people here live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 30.8%, and the average number of people per home has stayed steady since 2011.

2.7 → 0.0%

Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.3% ▼ -2.3%

Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 22.9%
  • 2016: 21.9%
  • 2021: 22.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Warringah, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 65.7% of families in Warringah. One-parent families account for just 10.0% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.

10.0% ▼ -1.6%

Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 9.8%
  • 2021: 10.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Warringah, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Warringah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12203/warringah/topic/family-households