Warragai Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Warragai Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households are the defining feature of Warragai Creek, where the typical home holds 3.1 people. This is a little above the national figure and among the highest for areas of this type, reflecting a community where few people live alone.

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Where Warragai Creek sits — Average household size

3.1
  • 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 Warragai Creek — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Warragai Creek3.1
2460, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, with 24% of households containing five people. Only 20% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.1

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.0%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 17.4%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Warragai Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 5 people (26%), with 1 person at 22%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family structures differ from the state norm, as one-parent families make up 21.2% of the total. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%, while couples with children form the largest group at 60.6%.

21.2%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.4%
  • 2021: 21.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Warragai Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next 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 Warragai Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14175/warragai-creek/topic/family-households