Wang Wauk · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wang Wauk

How families and households are made up across the area.

About 28.2% of people live alone in Wang Wauk, which is higher than most similar areas. This makes the community more likely to have single-person households than the state or national average. Most homes here house two or fewer people.

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📍 Wang Wauk, Suburb / Locality

Where Wang Wauk sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Wang Wauk — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wang Wauk2.5
2423, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Wang Wauk has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 33.3% of households have two people, those living alone are well above the New South Wales average at 28.2%.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.2%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 42.9%
  • 2021: 28.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Wang Wauk splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the largest family group at 44.7%. One-parent families account for 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the figures for both the state and Australia.

11.8%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 31.0%
  • 2021: 11.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wang Wauk, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 36%.

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 Wang Wauk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14150/wang-wauk/topic/family-households