Waukivory · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Waukivory

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples without children make up the largest group in Waukivory, where 65.1% of families fit this description. This is a sparsely populated area where small households are the norm and many people live on their own. The typical home here is much smaller than those in the rest of the country.

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📍 Waukivory, Suburb / Locality

Where Waukivory sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -20.0%
  • 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 Waukivory — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Waukivory2.0
2422, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Just 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is linked to the fact that 35.2% of people live alone, a rate far above the 25% seen across New South Wales.

2.0 ▼ -20.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.2% ▲ +52.8%

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.0%
  • 2016: 23.9%
  • 2021: 35.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Waukivory, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 28.9% of families, while one-parent families account for 12.0%. This share of single parents is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.

12.0% ▲ +10.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.9%
  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 12.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Waukivory, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 27%.

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 Waukivory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14216/waukivory/topic/family-households