2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Wollongong
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher-than-average share of solo dwellers has shaped the local living patterns of West Wollongong since 2011. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, there is a noticeable trend toward smaller households and a significant number of one-parent families.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 West Wollongong — higher than 50% of areas.
| West Wollongong | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2500, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 27.4% of households consisting of one person, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 29.8%, and the typical home size is about the same as the state average.
27.4% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Wollongong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.1% of families, while 13.4% are one-parent families. This share of single parents is higher than in most other similar areas, though it remains about the same as the New South Wales average.
13.4% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Wollongong, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 West Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14272/west-wollongong/topic/family-households