2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wapengo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wapengo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the biggest group in Wapengo, where 58.3% of families fit this description. This is a quiet area with small households, where the typical home holds just two people.
2.0
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- 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 Wapengo — lower than 86% of areas.
| Wapengo | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much smaller than the national figure, with only 2.0 people per house. This is partly because 31.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
31.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wapengo, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.7% of the local total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
6.7% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wapengo, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Wapengo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14157/wapengo/topic/family-households