2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waratah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waratah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Waratah than in most similar areas, with 35.9% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a distinct profile for the suburb, where smaller living arrangements are the norm compared to the rest of the state.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Waratah — lower than 76% of areas.
| Waratah | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2298, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Waratah holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This lower density is driven by the high number of single-person households, which sit far above the national average of 25.6%.
35.9% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Waratah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.8% of the local mix, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages of around 14%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.3%.
20.8% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waratah, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Waratah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14159/waratah/topic/family-households