2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whale Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whale Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller household sizes define daily life in Whale Beach, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high proportion of people living alone.
2.2
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- 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 Whale Beach — lower than 76% of areas.
| Whale Beach | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2107, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 31% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than in most areas, with 43.9% of households containing just two people.
30.9% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whale Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 51.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, at just 4.1% compared to the 14.1% national average.
4.1% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whale Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 44%.
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 Whale Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14284/whale-beach/topic/family-households