2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whiporie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whiporie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Whiporie are two-person homes, marking this as the most common living arrangement. The area is sparsely populated and has a smaller typical household size than the state and national figures. Many residents live alone, while a significant number of families are led by a single parent.
2.3
—
- 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 Whiporie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Whiporie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2469, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A little fewer than the typical Australian home, Whiporie's houses average 2.3 people. This is partly because 28.6% of people live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whiporie, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 1 person (26%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while 43.6% are couples without. One-parent families make up 16.4% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas.
16.4% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Whiporie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Whiporie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14290/whiporie/topic/family-households