3.2 ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wakefield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wakefield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three quarters of all families in Wakefield are couples with children, making it a place geared toward larger households. The typical home here is much larger than the national figure, reflecting a strong presence of family units.
3.2
▲ +6.7%
- 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 Wakefield — higher than 89% of areas.
| Wakefield | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2278, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Wakefield are crowded, with 3.2 people per home, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the state.
21.4% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wakefield splits fairly evenly between 3 people (24%) and 2 people (22%), with 1 person at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74% of families, while one-parent families account for 10.7%. This share of single-parent homes is well below both the New South Wales and national figures.
10.7% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wakefield, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 13%.
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 Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14106/wakefield/topic/family-households