Wallsend · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wallsend

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over 31% of people in Wallsend live alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means that the typical household here is smaller than in most other Australian areas.

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📍 Wallsend, Suburb / Locality

Where Wallsend sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 Wallsend — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wallsend2.3
2287, NSW 2.6
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People per home is 2.3, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is consistent with the fact that 31.1% of residents live alone, a rate much higher than most areas.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.1% ▲ +5.7%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.4%
  • 2016: 29.5%
  • 2021: 31.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Wallsend splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.6% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. About half of all families in Wallsend are couples with children.

19.6% ▲ +0.8%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.5%
  • 2016: 19.9%
  • 2021: 19.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wallsend, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 29%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wallsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14136/wallsend/topic/family-households