3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Westdale than in most similar areas. This community is defined by large households, with the typical home holding 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
3.0
—
- 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 Westdale — higher than 86% of areas.
| Westdale | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2340, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live on their own here, at just 15.6%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. This is consistent with the larger household sizes, where 29.0% of homes hold two people and 20.9% hold four.
15.6% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Westdale, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.6% of the total, a rate that is among the highest at this level and well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 56.9% of the total.
22.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westdale, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families 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 Westdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14276/westdale/topic/family-households