2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walgett · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walgett
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-parent homes are far more common in Walgett than in most other parts of the country. While the typical number of people per home is about the same as the national figure, the family structures here differ sharply from state and national patterns.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Walgett — higher than 50% of areas.
| Walgett | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2832, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.9% of residents live alone, which is a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.6% of all homes.
27.9% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walgett, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.3% of the total, a figure far above the national and state averages of around 14%. Couples with children are the largest group at 40.3%.
27.3% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walgett, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Walgett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14114/walgett/topic/family-households