2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wards River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wards River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 42% of people in Wards River live alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct profile for the area, where small households are the norm and one-parent families are much more common than in other parts of the country.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Wards River — lower than 81% of areas.
| Wards River | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2422, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households dominate the area, with the typical home holding 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure. This is driven by the high number of single-person homes, which make up 41.9% of all households.
41.9% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wards River, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are well above the national figure, making up 22.4% of families. Meanwhile, couples with children and couples without children are more evenly split, at 43.2% and 40.0% respectively.
22.4% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Wards River splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 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 Wards River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14165/wards-river/topic/family-households