2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Werris Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Werris Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Werris Creek than in the rest of the state. This creates a unique household profile where smaller living arrangements are the norm, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Werris Creek — lower than 76% of areas.
| Werris Creek | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2341, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is a little below the Australian average.
35.4% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Werris Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.7% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas.
24.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Werris Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Werris Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14255/werris-creek/topic/family-households