2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wallendbeen · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Wallendbeen compared to the national figure, with the typical household now housing just 2.3 people. This shift reflects a community where small households are the norm and single-parent families are well below the state average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wallendbeen — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wallendbeen | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2588, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 26.1% of residents live alone, which is around the middle for similar areas. Most homes are small, with 44.3% containing two people and 26.1% containing just one.
2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
26.1% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Wallendbeen, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.7% of families, while 40.6% are couples without children. Only 8.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
8.5% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Wallendbeen, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wallendbeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14131/wallendbeen/topic/family-households