2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallaga Lake · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wallaga Lake
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become a defining feature of Wallaga Lake, where the typical home holds just two people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where one-third of residents live alone.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 Wallaga Lake — lower than 86% of areas.
| Wallaga Lake | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2546, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of people live alone, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. This contributes to the low overall occupancy, with 50.2% of homes containing only two people.
33.9% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wallaga Lake, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 60.7%. Only 9.8% of households are one-parent families, which is well below both the state and national figures of around 14%.
9.8% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wallaga Lake, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Wallaga Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14120/wallaga-lake/topic/family-households