3.2 ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
White Rock · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in White Rock
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in White Rock than in most similar areas, with an average of 3.2 people per dwelling. This high density is driven by a strong presence of families with children and very few people living on their own.
3.2
▲ +6.7%
- 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 White Rock — higher than 89% of areas.
| White Rock | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is larger than the national figure, with 3.2 people per household. Only 13.7% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% average across Australia.
13.7% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In White Rock, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 74% of the local mix. This explains why one-parent families are much less common here at 6%, well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
6.0% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In White Rock, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 White Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14292/white-rock/topic/family-households