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Wheeny Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wheeny Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 80% of families in Wheeny Creek are couples with children, making it a place dominated by larger family units. This reflects a strong trend toward multi-person households, with the typical home housing about 2.7 people.

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Where Wheeny Creek sits — Average household size

2.7 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wheeny Creek — higher than 71% of areas.

Wheeny Creek2.7
2758, NSW 3.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 38.1% of households containing three people. About 23.8% of residents live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.

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2.7 —

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Wheeny Creek, the largest group is 3 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (28%).

3 people 38.1% 1 person 23.8% 4 people 23.8%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 6.8% of the total, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages of around 14%.

Family composition

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In Wheeny Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 83%; Couples without children is next at 10%.

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 Wheeny Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14286/wheeny-creek/topic/family-households