Wallendbeen · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wallendbeen

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.

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Where Wallendbeen sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -8.0%
  • 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 Wallendbeen — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wallendbeen2.3
2588, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.1% ▲ +10.6%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.6%
  • 2016: 21.2%
  • 2021: 26.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wallendbeen, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 13.0%
  • 2016: 12.6%
  • 2021: 8.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wallendbeen, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).

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 Wallendbeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14131/wallendbeen/topic/family-households