2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warragamba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Warragamba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-parent families define the domestic life of Warragamba compared to the rest of the country. While typical home sizes are similar to national figures, a significant number of residents live alone. This creates a mix of traditional family units and a notable population of single-person households.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Warragamba — higher than 50% of areas.
| Warragamba | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2752, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 29% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. Despite this, the typical home in Warragamba holds 2.5 people, a figure that is about the same as across Australia.
29.0% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Warragamba splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type, representing 55% of all families.
21.7% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warragamba, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Warragamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14176/warragamba/topic/family-households