2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walcha · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walcha
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Walcha over the last decade. This is now a place where many more people live on their own compared to the past, with about 31% of households consisting of just one person.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Walcha — lower than 76% of areas.
| Walcha | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2354, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Walcha are smaller than the usual Australian dwelling, with just 2.2 people per home. This is partly because the number of people living alone is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
31.3% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walcha, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common at 8.5%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
8.5% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walcha, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Walcha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14111/walcha/topic/family-households