Wee Waa · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wee Waa

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 30% of people in Wee Waa live alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes it a place where single-person households are much more common than in most other similar areas. While many live alone, over half of the families here include children.

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Where Wee Waa sits — Average household size

2.5 ▲ +4.2%
  • 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 Wee Waa — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wee Waa2.5
2388, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Wee Waa has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Roughly 32% of households consist of two people, while 29.8% are single-person homes.

2.5 ▲ +4.2%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.8% ▼ -2.3%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.5%
  • 2016: 33.1%
  • 2021: 29.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Wee Waa splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 18.1% of the total, a figure well above the New South Wales and Australian averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 54.7%.

18.1% ▼ -1.1%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.3%
  • 2016: 20.4%
  • 2021: 18.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wee Waa, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without 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 Wee Waa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14228/wee-waa/topic/family-households