2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whalan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whalan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Whalan are couples with children. This reflects a community where households are often larger than usual, with typical homes holding 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Whalan — higher than 76% of areas.
| Whalan | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2770, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure, though about 26.5% of people live alone, which is higher than in most areas. The most common household sizes are one or two people, making up over half of all homes.
26.5% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Whalan splits fairly evenly between 1 person (27%) and 2 people (26%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 33.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the New South Wales and national averages. This is among the highest proportions of one-parent families seen at this level.
33.2% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whalan, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; One-parent families 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 Whalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14283/whalan/topic/family-households