1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wagga Wagga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wagga Wagga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 46% of households in Wagga Wagga consist of just one person, which is far above the national figure. This means the area has a much higher proportion of single-person homes than most other similar places. These trends contribute to a very small average number of people living in each home.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Wagga Wagga — lower than 89% of areas.
| Wagga Wagga | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2650, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 45.8% of people living alone, Wagga Wagga has a typical household size of 1.9 people. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average of 2.5.
45.8% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.0%, which is higher than most areas and a little above the state average of 14.0%.
15.0% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14101/wagga-wagga/topic/family-households