2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallacia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wallacia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Wallacia, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This trend is driven by a strong presence of families with children, who make up 61.5% of the local households.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wallacia — higher than 81% of areas.
| Wallacia | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2745, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are a little larger than the state and national figures, with 2.9 people per household. This is reflected in the fact that only 22.2% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
22.2% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wallacia, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 61.5%. One-parent families make up 13.2% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national levels.
13.2% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallacia, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14119/wallacia/topic/family-households