2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Weethalle · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Weethalle
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone has shaped the home life of Weethalle in recent years. While half of the households are couples with children, the area now sees far more single-person homes and one-parent families than is typical for New South Wales.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Weethalle — lower than 76% of areas.
| Weethalle | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2669, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 43.4% of all homes—a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Weethalle has only 2.2 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
43.4% ▲ +73.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Weethalle, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other families include couples with children, who account for 51.3% of households, and couples without children at 29.6%.
23.0% ▲ +158.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Weethalle, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (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 Weethalle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14232/weethalle/topic/family-households