3.2 —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wheeler Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wheeler Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes have become more common in Wheeler Heights, where the typical household now holds 3.2 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the most densely populated home environments in the region.
3.2
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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 Wheeler Heights — higher than 89% of areas.
| Wheeler Heights | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2097, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 31% of households containing four people. This helps explain why only 11.3% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wheeler Heights, the largest group is 4 people at 31%, followed by 2 people (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 74.5%. Only 7.9% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wheeler Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Wheeler Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14285/wheeler-heights/topic/family-households