2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wentworth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wentworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 35% of people live alone in Wentworth, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person households means the area has much smaller homes than most other places. The typical home here holds just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Wentworth — lower than 81% of areas.
| Wentworth | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2648, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.7% of households are people living alone, a figure much higher than most areas. Because of this, the typical home in Wentworth has 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
34.7% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wentworth, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the total, which is much higher than in most other areas. Almost half of all families are couples without children, making up 45.6% of the group.
16.9% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wentworth, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14242/wentworth/topic/family-households