2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Wyalong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Wyalong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in West Wyalong consist of just one person, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means there are fewer people living in each house compared to most other areas.
2.3
→ 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 Wyalong — lower than 71% of areas.
| West Wyalong | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2671, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is reflected in the fact that 34% of residents live alone, a rate much higher than most other areas.
34.0% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Wyalong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families in West Wyalong are couples with children, while 33% are couples without. One-parent families make up 13.8% of the mix, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.8% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Wyalong, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14273/west-wyalong/topic/family-households