Warragoon · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Warragoon

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family structures in Warragoon have remained steady, with a strong focus on larger households. Most homes here are occupied by couples, and very few people live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Warragoon, Suburb / Locality

Where Warragoon sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Warragoon — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Warragoon2.7
2710, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 8.6% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Warragoon holds 2.7 people, slightly more than the Australian average of 2.5.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

8.6%

Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.7%
  • 2021: 8.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Warragoon, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 5 people (17%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 59.2% of families, while one-parent families are well below the state and national figures at just 7.0%.

7.0%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Warragoon, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 36%.

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 Warragoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14177/warragoon/topic/family-households