2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wollondilly · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Wollondilly
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 3 people live in the typical Wollondilly home, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This area has a strong focus on family living, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
→ 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 Wollondilly — higher than 89% of areas.
| Wollondilly | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.5% of households are people living alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home has 2.9 people, a rate that is much higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
17.5% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wollondilly, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.5%, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1% and has remained steady since 2011.
11.5% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wollondilly, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 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 Wollondilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12303/wollondilly/topic/family-households