Wanganella · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wanganella

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 71.8% of families in Wanganella, which is the most common family type here. While many households are family-led, there is also a very high proportion of people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Wanganella, Suburb / Locality

Where Wanganella sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Wanganella — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wanganella2.4
2710, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 35% of people in Wanganella live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.6.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.0%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 34.6%
  • 2021: 35.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wanganella, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (25%) and 4 people (25%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

There are no one-parent families in Wanganella, a result that is far below both the state and national figures of around 14%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wanganella, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Wanganella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14151/wanganella/topic/family-households