3.2 ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wattle Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wattle Ponds
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 3 people live in the typical home in Wattle Ponds, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This is a place where large households are the norm and very few people live by themselves.
3.2
▼ -3.0%
- 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 Wattle Ponds — higher than 89% of areas.
| Wattle Ponds | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2330, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 9.5% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why the area has some of the highest numbers of people per home at this level.
9.5% ▲ +60.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wattle Ponds, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most homes are headed by couples with children, who make up 71.5% of families. Only 6.3% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
6.3% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wattle Ponds, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; 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 Wattle Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14211/wattle-ponds/topic/family-households