2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Werri Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Werri Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in pairs or groups in Werri Beach than in most similar areas. This is a place where few people live alone, with nearly 47% of homes consisting of just two people. It is a family-focused area where the typical household size is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Werri Beach — higher than 50% of areas.
| Werri Beach | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2534, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.7% of residents live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. Most homes are small, with 46.7% housing two people and 15.4% housing three.
18.7% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Werri Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.6%. One-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.7% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Werri Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Werri Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14250/werri-beach/topic/family-households