Mount Warrigal · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Warrigal

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Mount Warrigal are couples with children, making it the most common household type here. While the typical home holds about 2.6 people, there is a notably high number of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Mount Warrigal, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Warrigal sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -3.7%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Warrigal — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Warrigal2.6
2528, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 21.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes here are small, with 37.8% containing two people and 16.9% holding three.

2.6 ▼ -3.7%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

21.3% ▲ +27.1%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.8%
  • 2016: 18.3%
  • 2021: 21.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Warrigal, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average and much higher than in most similar areas.

21.7% ▲ +18.1%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.3%
  • 2016: 20.6%
  • 2021: 21.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Warrigal, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (22%).

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 Mount Warrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12812/mount-warrigal/topic/family-households