2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westmead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westmead
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Westmead than in most similar areas, with the typical home holding 2.6 people. This is a family-focused suburb where nearly 70% of families are couples with children.
2.6
→ 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 Westmead — higher than 57% of areas.
| Westmead | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2145, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Westmead holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. About 23% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the New South Wales and national averages.
23.0% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Westmead splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 3 people (24%), with 1 person at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common here, making up 69.6% of the total. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.3%, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
8.3% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westmead, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Westmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14278/westmead/topic/family-households