3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westleigh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people typically share a home in Westleigh, making it a place where larger households are common. This creates a family-focused atmosphere where very few people live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
→ 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 Westleigh — higher than 86% of areas.
| Westleigh | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2120, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, household sizes are much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 13.3%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.3% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Westleigh splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 71.3%. One-parent families account for only 6.7% of the total, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and national averages.
6.7% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Westleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14277/westleigh/topic/family-households