2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Watagan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Watagan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Watagan are people living alone, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area's typical home size much smaller than most other places. These trends highlight a community where single-person living is the dominant domestic pattern.
2.1
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- 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 Watagan — lower than 81% of areas.
| Watagan | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 50% of people living alone, the number of people per home is just 2.1. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and much lower than most areas.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Watagan, 1 person is the majority at 56%; 2 people is next at 44%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.9% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas.
26.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Watagan, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Watagan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14198/watagan/topic/family-households